Old Rugged Oak
by SandyP

Comment by TDCollins:
This is one of those pictures that causes you to study it just a little more. Nice capture with the framing of the tree, and with the sun bringing out the details of the branches. Good Job!

Old Rugged Oak
by SandyP

Comment by Jeileen:
I like it. The light spot at the top of the tree is interesting.

Old Rugged Oak
by SandyP

Comment by vivien:
The sky and the tree are amazing 9

VERY Shy About Self-Portraits
by SandyP

Comment by cbeller:
turn your shoulders 45 degrees to the camera, so your shoulder isn't blocking your chin. Also seems to be a tad out of focus. Normally with portraits you want the focus sharp on the eyes.

VERY Shy About Self-Portraits
by SandyP

Comment by irika:
out of focus, and there is some color missing from the top of the photograph. you have a beautiful smile, but next time try to focus on other things of your personality and add things (like flowers, or show off your jewelery more) and find a way to make colors pop. adding the boarder was a good idea.

VERY Shy About Self-Portraits
by SandyP

Comment by nati_in_here:
You look plastic. I dosnt seem like you are always like that. It is a little blurry.

VERY Shy About Self-Portraits
by SandyP

Comment by graphicfunk:
Very friendly smile and beautiful eyes. A tad more shatpness would have helped but the contagious smile tells me to bump it up another notch.

VERY Shy About Self-Portraits
by SandyP

Comment by Sailingduck:
2 things that you could change to help: focus, remove the flash reflection off the earring.
Otherwise, a decent pose.

VERY Shy About Self-Portraits
by SandyP

Comment by Artan:
You like like you had fun taking this. I just wish the focus was a little sharper .

VERY Shy About Self-Portraits
by SandyP

Comment by Neil:
Returning for comment. Love the pose and the smile, one major technical issue: for this type of shot, your face is out of focus slightly--looks like autofocus got your shoulder, and the DOF was just too small to get your face. Other minor issues are the light/flash glare on the earing, and possibly a small color balanace issue -- maybe from having different types of light sources (for example, the tones on your forehead are very different than the tones on your face.)

But getting back to the pose and smile, this is a very happy photo. A portrait tells us about someone: I suspect you are a very "happy" person in general, or at least that's what shows through here. So that part of this shot is a real winner. Bumping up on second review.