butterfly5composite
by geinafets

Comment by rodneyg:
Personally, I think if you had the butterfly coming out of a flower patch, it would give the impression that the candy came from the flowers. I like the maple tree for color but they seem disconnected. Just my opiniom.

Coming back to Center
by geinafets

Comment by emorgan49:
This is my favorite of this stunning series.

The Urban Playground
by geinafets

Comment by suemack:
Love her expression in this shot. What a wonderful model!!!

Flowers and Hands
by geinafets

Comment by aprudhomme:
Wow! great picture, the photo exerts so much emotion! I just love it

Toto in Pink
by geinafets

Comment by macrothing:


Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
A good photo opportunity, but the angle isn't so complimentary for Toto. Not enough 'street context' to be a strong street photography image.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
I don't mind at all that there are no people in the image (although I see the OOF (out of focus) rear someone), but I would like to have seen more context, as mentioned above, especially for this Challenge. The scene looks like it may have been interesting and full of color too, which would have added some more story and interest overall.

With the close crop and focus on the subject as is, I find the image unbalanced and dominated by the upper area.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
44/135 and a score of 5.46 is quite a good placement for this Challenge. Your commenters didn't get a strong sense of street photography either. More context would definitely have helped you.

Summary
A good opportunity that you probably didn't have much time to compose and frame, the color combinations are interesting and work well (although the green throws the balance out a little). Perhaps a little more DOF (depth of field) and more context would have given the image more of a story to tell.

Angel without Wings
by geinafets

Comment by JulietNN:
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Angel without Wings
by geinafets

Comment by JulietNN:
very nice, the blue in the nail polish takes away, maybe fluffing up that gorgeous naturally curly hair would bounce some more light through it to give it an almost ethereal glow to her head. The darkness int eh bottom right is a little distracting, but i am not sue if having just a pure clean white all over would make her appear flat. a little sharpening would go a long way with this too. putting her leg just a tad bit back a bit more closer to her would give her the length versus her just kinda looking like she has it straight out from her body. sharpen it too

Message edited by author 2009-07-23 11:53:10.

Toto in Pink
by geinafets

Comment by bcenu:
Nice shot although I can't really tell if it's in the street or the back yard.

7 or 27?
by geinafets

Comment by Ivory:
One of my favorite of this group, love her pose. She also has amazing hair!

Toto in Pink
by geinafets

Comment by kolasi:
Not a bad photo, just not what i expect from this challenge