Orange Beetle
by cryan

Comment by ErikV:
Nicely composed, good orange color.

Linda
by cryan

Comment by Rando D300:
Excellent shot brother ! Silly voters !
Even though it was taken with ...:)

Linda
by cryan

Comment by bassbone:
Chris - This is outstanding. I cannot for the life of me figure out how this could not score above a 6. The warm lighting, the fantastic details, the relaxed and attractive pose.

It must be the brick wall that through people off - too bad most people have not seen studios where real photography is done where textured backgrounds and real walls are used very often.

Linda
by cryan

Comment by Jaker:
Sometimes I just don't get the voters. I would have placed this MUCH higher, and I promise that has nothing to do with the DPCO!

Linda
by cryan

Comment by glad2badad:
Nice tones and comp. Lost some detail with the noise reduction (at least it seems that way)

Linda
by cryan

Comment by imagesbytlp:
I like this, there's nice color, eye contact and lighting. I would crop out the jeans on the bottom...lose about the lower 1/5 of the image and really focus the viewers eye to the her eyes.

Orange Beetle
by cryan

Comment by rlewis:
It is a leatherwing (insect)

Orange Beetle
by cryan

Comment by patio127:
Now this is really fine , Chris - look at the pollen on that beetle face ! Perfect DOF :)
(you are correct with comment on my white butterflt- thanx !)

Orange Beetle
by cryan

Comment by GregoryB:
Nice colours and DOF

Orange Beetle
by cryan

Comment by bspurgeon:
I like the diagonal lines