Splinter
by mandyturner

Comment by mandyturner:
thanks so much! When I first bought the 20D I was having a hard time adjusting the entry to meet the size requirements.

Beagles in a Barrel
by mandyturner

Comment by Skip:
this would have been helped with a tighter crop that would have let the viewer become more engaged with those soleful eyes. also, even though you were low, i don't think you were low enough. for some reason, photos of animals and children seem more interesting when shot at or just below their eye-level.

i would encourage you to REALLY PRACTICE shooting without looking through the viewfinder. get used to holding the camera down to the ground or over your head, pointing it towards your subject. yeah, a lot of shots don't come out, but the ones that do are usually a lot more interesting...

Splinter
by mandyturner

Comment by Skip:
dof makes this a bit too abstract. the lighting on the right is a bit too strong. as an entry, this comes across as though you found something broken and zoomed in on it. you got to close to it for the viewer to get anything from it that would keep their attention.

as a side note, challenge entries are not counted towards your portfolio space, you should be submitting entries as large as possible, at least 640px on the longest side (this is 550), and as close to 150kb as possible.

by mandyturner

Comment by Skip:
abstract, yes. eye-catching and interesting? not really. focus at the top is a little soft. muted colors don't really grad attention. nothing really makes me want to look at this.

Splinter
by mandyturner

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
just my opinion again.....I think the narow focus is what really hurt this one. the shallow focus actually takes away from the interest factor of this image making the viewer see only the one spot(splinter) I think this wouldve done better with a wider focus, giving the viewer's eyes room to roam and settle on several different spots in the image. This also lacks a good "pop" of color which DPC is so very fond of. Your colors are spot on( as they look natural to me) and I think the crop is good.

Together...
by mandyturner

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
ok...just my opinion...but I think this might have done a bit better it it wasnt so cropped. your B&W tones look great and I love the texture of the hands. thats really the only problem i see with this. It was a hard challenge to compete in and I think this shouldve scored better than what it did. This shouldve also got alot more comments for the amount of low baller votes it recieved.

~Cher~~ :o)

"Tabby"
by mandyturner

Comment by marvin:
If only she could have payed the photographer more attention.

just a friend
by mandyturner

Comment by M2MO:
This is just a great capture... good job! Perfect shadow and whatnot!

bring on the rain
by mandyturner

Comment by coolhar:
Congrats on this shot being selected as Kodak's Picture of the Day for 4/24/06. The shot conveys a lot of spirit, makes me want to go splash around in some puddles.

little yellow riding hood
by mandyturner

Comment by connie:
Beautiful!!