What, Me Fauna? (Llama's were originally native to North America)
by GolferDDS

Comment by draney4:
very good picture, the top of the ears are alittle over-exposed, but i like the highlights in his hair.

What, Me Fauna? (Llama's were originally native to North America)
by GolferDDS

Comment by bobgaither:
like those eye it won't spit on me will it-very good capture-lighting is a little bright in spots

What, Me Fauna? (Llama's were originally native to North America)
by GolferDDS

Comment by pnicholls:
Highlights are blown out. I would have tried this shot from a different angle.

Pick Your Color
by GolferDDS

Comment by FranziskaLang:
A Comment From The Critique Club

Hi Lawrence,

it's been a while, I finally get to critique one of your photos again :) I really like your idea for this photo and it is perfect for the candy challenge. You have bright colors and a great pattern that seems to be going on forever. I also like how the lines break up towards the foreground and there are just a couple of smarties lying there. Much more effective than just filling the whole photo with M&Ms.

It's the technical side of things that let you down a bit . . . the comments were pretty consistent on that one and you already posted something about it, too. Focusing is hard for mirrors (I've done a couple of mirror shots myself), but I don't think that was really your problem. Your focus was either not quite right or you overprocessed the image afterwards (maybe a little of both?). Have you tried taking the original and just going through post-processing again to see if the photo looked better with less sharpening?

Regardless, DPCers don't often give high scores for photos where there are obvious technical imperfections, the score you got speaks volumes for the creative idea and setup and that the impact of the photo can to a point override the technical concerns. I certainly like your colorful creative approach to M&Ms a lot, I might just have to go out and buy a pack or so and see what I can come up with :)

Keep coming up with those great ideas for the challenges!

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about this review.

Franziska.

Edited to change "smarties" to "M&Ms" :)

Message edited by author 2003-05-12 09:54:34.

What, Me Fauna? (Llama's were originally native to North America)
by GolferDDS

Comment by justine:
Love their eye..sweet.

What, Me Fauna? (Llama's were originally native to North America)
by GolferDDS

Comment by e301:
Beautifully exposed, especially shooting into the light.

What, Me Fauna? (Llama's were originally native to North America)
by GolferDDS

Comment by Diana:
looks like a hand puppet lol 8

Dawn
by GolferDDS

Comment by tecent642:
awesome pic. great angle. nice barn, sun at a great angle. throw a border on this one, and it could sell

Dawn
by GolferDDS

Comment by peggy:
A bit hazy but I think it adds to overall effect. I like it.

Dawn
by GolferDDS

Comment by ursula:
Beautiful picture! Hope you do well.