Butterfly Collection
by mia67

Comment by sherpet:
I love the softness of this one, and also the blue tones.....

Macro Study
by mia67

Comment by malina:
This is simply beautiful!

Butterfly Collection
by mia67

Comment by Rachel34:
I love it. The color, the framing everything!! Very delicate!

Butterfly Collection
by mia67

Comment by yanko:
Very pretty!

Beauty
by mia67

Comment by gg3rd:
Love those eyes...

B & W Collection.jpg
by mia67

Comment by gg3rd:
Yes, the grainy works very well here...

Play
by mia67

Comment by Artifacts:
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Positives:
Overall I really like this composition. You captured an interesting expression. The sharpness is exceptionally good and the technicals are generally very good. Your use of the rule of thirds works well and placement of the left eye on the intersection point is a nice touch. Sepia works very well with this image.

Technicals:
There are not lots of things wrong with this image. It is very well done. The only major flaw is that the left shoulder, arm and the child's back are overexposed. I checked with eyedropper to be sure it wasn't just my imagination.

The 'object' in the BG behind the left side of the child's head acts as a distraction.

The background has graininess but that really does not hurt the composition.

The challenge:
Submissions to free studies like "best of 2006" generally have exceptionally high quality images and yours got lost in that. Perhaps the overexposured areas were viewed as a major flaw by voters and disliked the BG distraction and that is why it was voted so low.

Portrait
by mia67

Comment by lovethelight:
this is a beautiful portrait, the coloring and lighting is dynamic and really ads to the mood, Normally I don't like borders but this one really works i think, he could probably use some burning in of the face,

also, on the forum you are supposed to comment on the picture before you and then post a picture and then someone comments on yours and adds theirs.

Macro Study
by mia67

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
this is just a beautiful photo! I love the focus, colors,detail..the whole package. super wonderful job on this! going straight to my favs!
~~Cher~~ :o)

My Kingdom
by mia67

Comment by philup:
Awesome picture. Your colours look great. IMO should have placed way higher than 157, top 50 easy. Great job with this.