Parade Hair
by MaryO

Comment by insteps:
I saw some hair like that at the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Nicely caught!

Parade Hair
by MaryO

Comment by SwordandScales:
What an expression on that dog's face! Way to be there in the moment, and props to you for being courageous on a few levels. Firstly, that courage to go out and take street shots which is the foundation of it all, but moreso the courage required for this far more intimate frame which the picture would be completely worthless without.

Things that would've brought your score up from my perspective: the luck to have the girl making true eye contact with our canine friend, and...you know actually on second look, that's it. So I'm upping the score now, hahaha. You're my second favorite this challenge. I haven't been to DPC in years, and I'm happy to be back. Shots like this remind me of why I am.

Parade Hair
by MaryO

Comment by Tiny:
ha

Parade Hair
by MaryO

Comment by Neat:
The look on that dogs face says it all!!

Reflections
by MaryO

Comment by MeMex2:
wonderful shot!!!

Considering
by MaryO

Comment by Zita:
Personally, I thought this challenge would be purrfect for moggies, but the submissions seem sparse. The DoF on the eyes is so sharp (a good thing normally!) perhaps the technique did not apply consistently across the image. Still I like the "glowing" whiskers. Six from me.

I'll wager this beauty rules your household, yes?

Reflections
by MaryO

Comment by rooum:
I do like a duck picture.

Considering
by MaryO

Comment by Lydia:
9 from me. LOVE the focus smack dab on the eyes.

Brilliant. 9

Considering
by MaryO

Comment by tanguera:
Gorgeous kitty

"Chaos is the score upon which reality is written." -- Henry Miller
by MaryO

Comment by mariuca:
Irresistible moment to witness without trying to save it forever. The photograph has the quality of a tapestry. It is a fragment of a very large tapestry, something on a vast subject such as "the music of the spheres".
The four horizontal registers are so perfectly interwoven. The grayness of the image can be probably still fine tuned but as it is we look at a fascinating photograph.