Change in seasons
by Melethia

Comment by bassbone:
simply excellent work Deb

Change in seasons
by Melethia

Comment by Charlene:
Lovely fill the frame image with gorgeous offsetting colors, wonderful textures and lines.

Clean pink
by Melethia

Comment by fubu2:
Wow! I know that overlays seem to be the "in thing" here at the moment, but I must say that I much prefer it without.

Air dry
by Melethia

Comment by Jedusi:
Ayee !! A Pigeon flasher !!

Although thinking on it - since this is Rome he's probably a Pigeon Priest who is in the act of blessing the pigeon in front of him . .

A much more comforting thought than my first one ; -)

Dancing with pigeons
by Melethia

Comment by Jedusi:
'Dancing with pigeons' Ah the famous low budget follow up to 'Dancing with Wolves' . .

I could never understand why Kevin Costner refused the title role on this one . .

You know what ? In all seriousness I think this is a delightful shot !

I love the soft focus, the movement and the gentle colours in it . . the dynamic juxtaposition between the freedom and exhiliration of childhood in the foreground and the apparent gravitas of the Nun's in the background . . the organic chaos of the froeground and the heavy formal structure providing the backdrop.

The feeling that despite the clearly large DoF, that somehow there is still not enough room to cram everything in !

The Width and depth and light and dark, and colour and movment and everythingness of it . .

A splendid shot and you might just have been surprised in the Masters Free Study with this . .

Manger player
by Melethia

Comment by Jedusi:
lot's of Mom's use that particular stare for their kids when they're annoying - actually a few Dad's do as well :- )

Pink in gray
by Melethia

Comment by Jedusi:
very moody feel to this - like it :- )

Clean pink
by Melethia

Comment by Bernard_Marx:
What a lovely hue. I'm so glad to see your 100mm on! Did you hand hold this?

Change in seasons
by Melethia

Comment by SandyP:
Oh yes! Stunning!

Wiesbaden Christmas market
by Melethia

Comment by CNovack:
And being able to steady the camera on the gorillapod gave you wonderful clarity and sharpness to this lovely market night scene. I like the angle looking down at the market for it gives us a clear view of what is inside the stalls but it also gives us a nice view of the decor of the golden flower lights that adorn the booths from above. I have only one tiny critique. I would crop that light post on the far right hand side out of the composition. It is a light that 'distracts' from the other beautiful lights seen in this scene such as the golden flowers and the lights from the christmas tree. In other words it is not complementry to the scene because the light is not festive decorative like the majority of all the other lights in the composition.