A Signature of Crows
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Comment by Dave Gordon:
Nice, but IMHO cropping out that left-hand blurry crow would improve it.

Bread Man
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Comment by glad2badad:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impression

Cute! That's the first thing that honestly came to mind. :) Then comes "ta-da!" as it appears the bread man is making a grand entrance.

Looking Deeper

Yes, it's cute, clever, and all that, but there are some positive items here in the method of presentation. The positioning of objects are obviously well thought out. A nice play on angles with the basket coming across from the upper-left (nice leading line also BTW), and the cushioned furniture back coming across from the mid to upper-right. The way these lines intersect brings the viewer right into the main subject area, and quite naturally.

The technicals are all in place with nice DOF, good use of lighting, and a well focused subject. Read your notes...good use of exposure comp to handle it.

Looks like you had fun putting this together, and I certainly enjoyed taking another look at it. :-)

Questions? Let me know. Thanks.

Aspire
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Comment by TonyUK:
nice light

Aspire
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Comment by JulietNN:
okay, those are the longest whiskers I have ever seen in my life. the left paw in OOF, 8

angry kitty ready for a scratch your eyes
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Comment by yanko:
Good job in trying to get the same feel of the original. It's not an improvement though.

holding what you cannot reach
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Comment by pointandshoot:
You peaked pretty early in the 2008 season - you realize, of course, there is only one direction to go from here. Congratulations on the well deserved blue. Now you know how us mortals feel when we get a Posthumous ribbon.

shadowkids-025.jpg
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Comment by jaysonmc:
This is still truly brilliant. The subject and backdrop go hand in hand. One continuous picture.

holding what you cannot reach
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Comment by krnodil:
I really like how you infuse poetry into your images. This shot is sublime, lilting, poetry.

The Seat of Tears
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Comment by krnodil:
I think you got the focus spot-on here. Makes me want to bawl right along with him. :) And as for soft focus, did you ever try to focus your eyes when you're weeping? Do things look pin-sharp then? You have helped us see through his eyes.

angry kitty ready for a scratch your eyes
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Comment by colorcarnival:
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but my preference is actually the original photo. There's something particularly spooky in that one with it looking like the kitty is ready to leap at you. This one it looks like kitty is ready to scratch out the carpet. Nice imitation of color tho!