Maggie
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Comment by walrus451:
extraordinary! great use of blur...9

Maggie
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Comment by BethieB:
OH! THis could be a winner!! Good job. I love dogs!

Florality
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Comment by bassbone:
Use of Light:2
Focus:2
Composition:2
Creativity:1
Achieves Challenge:2

Really meets the challenge by allowing the available light to illuminate the flowers in the foreground while not blowing out the greenery outside.

THE WINNER
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Comment by heathen:
I never mentioned how much I love this shot. I'm a huge, huge fan of slight desaturation, and the action in this shot just puts it over the top for me. I too was hoping you'd get a 7+, top-5 (at least) for this, but as you said 14 out of 618 is a lot to be proud of.

This is a fantastic shot Enzo!

Maggie
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Comment by Jutilda:
Bravo! This is beautiful. Love the perspective and her shadow. Excellent sky, contrast, et al.

Maggie
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Comment by justine:
Love this. The perspective is very cool and the focus is super nice. I wish the dogs eyes were a bit brighter but this is a good entry and I hope you do well.

Maggie
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Comment by Hairlessman:
Nice shot...the blurred focus around Maggie is a detraction for me.

Maggie
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Comment by PurpleFire:
I love this shot. I like pet shots like this, put the character of the animal in a comfortable setting which addes to depth to the story.

I would only change two things.....

One: I'd like to see the cropped out shadow. In fact, I would like to see the shadow as part of the comp, not just an incidental.

Two: I think a touch more shapening would do this image wounders.

Overall, great shot. six from me.

Maggie
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Comment by Xilebo:
Maggie is beautiful posing there, like everything about this shot, the surrounding the strong light above her the smooth sand..very nice!

Florality
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Comment by violinist123:
I was wondering if anyone would do something like this what with all the talk of mundane landscape shots. This is a really great example of what HDR can be used for in a non-LSD inspired fashion. The details through the window aren't overexposed, the still life is not a shadowed mess. Nice job and good luck.