Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by jjsmom:
Great B&W. Very strong textures. The pose portrays the element of surprise.

Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by J-Me:
LOL......such a cute idea and well photographed!

Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by JulietNN:
Excellent, well captured.

Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by glennc:
Nice study. B&W was a good choice.

Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by sempermarine:
Capturing anticipation without using a facial expression is very difficult, but I think you pulled it off very nicely. Great shot.

Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by tootsweet:
This is a wonderful shot. I love the hint of "action." There is anticipation here, you can almost believe that if you stare long enough, she'll turn around.

Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by HeiSch:
very good detail, I'm sure it did not look half as good in color.

Just Before the "Boo"
by kashi

Comment by one2one:
Great idea.

Sledding
by kashi

Comment by Melethia:
I like the simplicity of this - in composition and in color scheme. I think it makes for a nice snippet of winter from a child's perspective.

Agouti Gerbil
by kashi

Comment by alexzen:
From the Critique Club:

Great photo. Beautiful tones and colors. Nicely in focus. And a surprise to see such a small creature so up close.

Darkness. My very first impression was that it was too dark. I think boosting the levels - selectively if necessary to preserve the black background - would have helped your score quite a bit. There is allot of beautiful tone and texture in the brown fur and whiskers and boosting the levels would allow these to 'pop'.

Composition. That big black eyeball is great. But it is almost centered. A different crop that put that eye on the thirds line would make this stronger. Probably cropping from the top and cropping from the left so you preserve those great whiskers. If you could get those whiskers to really jump out, you would have a very strong photo.

alexzen