Ripple Clouds
by Alicia

Comment by sulamk:
your clouds are beautiful

henna hands
by Alicia

Comment by tinky2:
Great art work.

Windows
by Alicia

Comment by tinky2:
I love these sort of reflection shots. So much interesting stuff going on.

henna hands
by Alicia

Comment by Mr_Pants:
The more I sit and look at this, the more the design seems to be floating above the skin. I really like that effect.

No Snow
by Alicia

Comment by annig:
so soothing in its simplicty..whhat lovely landscape you have! it looks so Warm!!

OH, honey, so sorry about your kitty! I am always afraidd to let my cats get out where I live in VT, we have coyotes too & god dont they sound AWFUL when they are howling over their latest victim?? hair raising

Ripple Clouds
by Alicia

Comment by annig:
ohh! what awesome clouds! Beautiful image and so well seen!, remind me of an old washboard...actually, I used to have abs that looked like this! :)

Ripple Clouds
by Alicia

Comment by icu1965:
Those clouds are awesome! You did a great job with the lighting too!

Henna
by Alicia

Comment by BAMartin:
Such intricate artwork. I think this would be lovely to wear, so exotic and different. You are sure to get looks from people.

Henna
by Alicia

Comment by Bebe:
Great job with the contrasts & tones. I think it's a good photograph, but I'm not wild about the pose or the henna job. The hand on the left looks very awkward to me, and the henna job looks a little messy compared to many I've seen - perhaps it's the very white of the skin that makes it appear that way.

Henna
by Alicia

Comment by 777STAN:
This is some magnificent henna! (My wife introduced me to that art with a book she purchased.) Congratulations to the artist! He or she is quite adept!

You have captured it nicely!

1. Just a thought...you might be surprised by the use of macro setting (on the end of a 300mm lens, like I have!) I have done some macros on that setting, and it's the difference between fine-tuning and coarse adjustment on old B/W TV's.

2. Maybe it's just me, but I think that highlighting the forearms with Magic Wand or Polygonal Lasso, and then decreasing the brightness would improve the "draw of the eyes" to the hands. (Hope that is beneficial!)

Much success to you this year! :)