Waiting for the dog
by Melethia

Comment by RianBotes:
4th place. Great shot and idea.

Waiting for the dog
by Melethia

Comment by herfotoman:
Nicely seen

Just a moment
by Melethia

Comment by Jutilda:
Great moment, Deb. I kinda see why it didn't epitomize stop action but it really does when you think about it again. I think people want a faster action to be stopped. HEE HEE I'm such a fan of silhouettes.

Behold the Antenna!
by Melethia

Comment by vawendy:
I just blame free studies on this one. I always think that free studies score about .5 lower than regular challenges. So there, this was a 6.2!

Emerging
by Melethia

Comment by vawendy:
Again, almost DPC friendly, but still more artistic. DPC friendly is straight forward, don't cut off parts. This was a more artistic composition and a wonderful shot. I gave it a 7, worth an 8 on second look.

Just a moment
by Melethia

Comment by vawendy:
The problem is, even when you're going for DPC friendly, you're still incredibly artistic. I would have zoomed in much closer, gotten the people just on the right, and spot metered it so they weren't so backlit.

But I like yours better! I love the silhouette, I love the "feel" of the moment. The reason it didn't score well, imo, is because people were looking for a more difficult capture. It's not hard to stop the motion of a person bending over. The only stop motion that probably counted was the dog on the right, and 1 out of 4 probably wasn't good enough for most people. The shot is incredible.

Emerging
by Melethia

Comment by colorcarnival:
Deb - this is stunning. I cannot believe it did not score higher.

Waiting for the dog
by Melethia

Comment by tvsometime:
I wish I knew what the "dog" meant in this context but I like the shot anyway. Looke like some primordial beach.

Gull sun
by Melethia

Comment by aprudhomme:
This just feels happy and inspirational and idk, its just an amazing picture and your comments were correct, you do indeed have to love it.

Waiting for the dog
by Melethia

Comment by tanguera:
So clear and sharp. Nice. But it's not "waiting"...