The Shooter
by glad2badad

Comment by yanko:
This is one of those shots where you have to actually look at the photo to see it's wow factor. Unfortunately the DPC voter doesn't have time for such endeavors.

Big Mama
by glad2badad

Comment by SquishyB:
I would like all the ducks to be in focus.

The Shooter
by glad2badad

Comment by digitalknight:
that's interesting - I've wondered before if I wore something like what the result would be.

Love the tonal range in this shot

The Shooter
by glad2badad

Comment by yanko:
You've managed to hide every face in this shot including the woman's face in the background thanks to your DOF. Cleverly crafted.

The Shooter
by glad2badad

Comment by posthumous:
I love how s/he is hiding everybody's faces, as if they have to pay even to get their face into *your* photo. 8

Big Mama
by glad2badad

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
wow! I hope she adopted. thats a lotta kids to pop out ;P j/k VERY nice shot.8

Big Mama
by glad2badad

Comment by CNovack:
I would think with THAT many duckies that the Mama duck would have a much more frazzled look to her! How she manages to keep that big smile with all the little quackers is amazing:-)Composition and lighting are good. The concept carries off very well for you have a flood of little duckies surrounding the larger ducky. A big family takes a Big Mama to handle. I was initially going to suggest that it might have been better if the baby ducks were lined up in a triangle formation with the Mama duck at the head. It would mimic how some real baby ducks 'line up' behind their mother. The problem with the suggestion is that you would have to change the angle to a slightly overhead shot to fit them all in - the angle you have here is level to the ducks and thus it draws us more readily into the scene whereas an slightly overhead shot would remove us further from the subject. Looking at the composition more I think having the baby ducks surround the mother and the angle of composition was a good choice. We get to see almost all her large brood, plus the low level shot that has us view it straight on brings us into the scene.

Questions
by glad2badad

Comment by graphicfunk:
Somber and very subject for hc. Congratulations on your 11th place.

Questions
by glad2badad

Comment by nova:
I can't think of any other photos of yours that I like better than this one. Truly an outstanding shot. Congrats!

Big Mama
by glad2badad

Comment by deepfrog17:
cute and should do well, but may get hammered by some for the over ducky use. nice title to compensate for that. and nice use of DOF which is important in this shot. 7 and top ten fineher