Dancing-Queen.jpg
by angelfire

Comment by Rae-Ann:
LOvely..the motion is beautiful and she is a doll..I would like to see the frame a little smaller, tho

Dancing-Queen.jpg
by angelfire

Comment by TCGuru:
She is so adorable and looks really good in that dress :) Nice use of motion blur :)

Dancing-Queen.jpg
by angelfire

Comment by talikf:
Beautiful capture of movement. Not a big fan of the frame and to improve it you could burn the background a little but she's so cute that nothing really matters! I really like it.

Dancing-Queen.jpg
by angelfire

Comment by daboardergirl:
What a cute photo! I love the blur in her dress.

Dancing-Queen.jpg
by angelfire

Comment by Louis:
Very sweet. Great use of the slower shutter speed to capture the flow of her moving dress. Perhaps a crop-out or a burn-out of the distracting elements in the background would have enhanced it.

New Spring
by angelfire

Comment by Salo8899:
I think this is a great photo.

New Spring
by angelfire

Comment by 777STAN:
I agree with your assessment of your photo. These are excellent Dogwood Tree blooms.

They are great object lessons to explain the resurrection of Jesus in the spring of every year. Always four petals "scarred" with wounds to depict the four wounds Jesus endured in His two hands as well as His head & His feet. Then there's the cluster at the "heart" to symbolize the new life that came from His heart/Eternal Transaction.

Excellently displayed! :)

Risky Business
by angelfire

Comment by scotthadl:
I agree with what has been stated by the others but let me add one thing.

The calvery officer should be in sharp focus and stand out from the background. What would help is to use your maximum zoom and put more space between the officer and the army. Could be the digital noise makes the image look out of focus.

Message edited by author 2006-06-29 00:32:14.

Risky Business
by angelfire

Comment by darnok:
If this was shot on a lower ISO the bokeh would be much better in my opinion. The graniness takes away from the smooth look that makes bokeh appealing. You could also try some noise reduction on it. The background would also have been blurred out more if you put the back figures further back and then shot from a lower angle (to still get them in the frame). As it stands their is too much definition in the background.

Risky Business
by angelfire

Comment by Tygerr:
I never got around to voting all the entries in the Bokeh challenge - my bad. So I'm afraid I never got to see yours.
What could have been improved perhaps was the lighting. If you'd had a bit more light on those background characters, the bokeh on them would have been enhanced, and a silhouette effect on the front character might have made it jump out a bit more.
And as rblanton mentioned, a lower angle also might have served to strengthen the main subject.
As for the graininess, I see that your ISO was set to auto. In low light, the camera would have chosen the highest ISO it has, and that would make the shot very grainy. Next time select the lowest ISO manually, and use a longer shutter speed.
Still, nice idea. I also used to love playing Risk...