Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by BarbB:
Congratulations on a ribbon Deb! You've captured a beautiful moment...again. May you have many more in this New Year.

The Shared Umbrella
by Melethia

Comment by ryand:
Fabulous, love the capture here, nailed the timing, and nailed the b&w tones here, wonderful. Added to faves.

Skate
by Melethia

Comment by Ja-9:
not enough subject matter

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by magenmarie:
CONGRATULATIONS, Deb!!! What a wonderful photo. Congrats on your ribbon! whooohoooo!

29.52 Pigeons and windows
by Melethia

Comment by Schmeldontino:
I love this picture! The motion of the pigeon, the two windows, and the other pigeon tucked away just make it so wistful and inspiring. It is almost as though the other pigeon is wishing that it, too, could fly away into the sky!

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by bassbone:
A hardy congrats on the Yellow. I have been away for about 2 weeks on vacation in Vermont (and no I did not see HeiSch!) and am just now getting back in. A great shot and a well deserved ribbon for you

Skate
by Melethia

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Nice job catching the reflections. Scater is a positive compositional element. Would like to see more of the scater.

Boys
by Melethia

Comment by SandyP:
I would never have noticed the hand. The great interaction between the 2 is so dominant. And the scene so cute and ironic with those stoic "model types" in the background :)

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by HeiSch:
Deb, just came back from a mini vacation in VT: CONGRATULATIONS to a great shot and a ribbon!!!
Well deserved after such a long 'draught" :)

Carousel girl
by Melethia

Comment by J-Me:
Congratulations Melethia!!!! What an absolutley BRILLIANT shot!

I love the way that you have explained quite softly that you were SHOOTING THROUGH GLASS! *smile* I can't find a way to say this as nicely as you have but, the mere fact that there seems to be some sort of fanaticism towards focus in some in here just completely blows my mind. They are missing out on some really wonderfully meaningful shots by being so hung up on technicals! I'm glad that more than not, others saw the true value in the shot and got past the "technicals, technicals, technicals". :)

Actually, I LOVE the outtake of this little girl with her head bent and the angle that you shot it on. It was such as meaningful, wonderful shot that truly captured her fascination with the carousel. It tells an entire story with her in-depth fascination!!! Absolutely stunning shot!!! But, I also understand, given the comments about "focus" why you didn't use that one in this site. You have a real knack for capturing people and I beg you not to compromise that because of those who are sticklers for technicals. To do that, we may as all just shoot the same thing and see whose technicals on it were best. :(

Keep up your brilliant work, Melethia because there are enough of us who truly see it's beauty!

Congrats again!!!