Scientific Name: Bufo Americanus
by brownsm

Comment by Beautiful-Joe:
Very very good.
I used to breed these little suckers for the LaPorte 4H club.. If this happens to be your pet, they really like old autumn leaves and a bit of fresh dirt in their cages, but the moss is very good for keeping them moist.
=)

Chapman Falls
by brownsm

Comment by Hungaro:
very well done

Scientific Name: Bufo Americanus
by brownsm

Comment by Krystle:
lovely toad :) the colors work really well, and the fact that the moss is in focus does the picture good. 7

Elemental Splendor
by brownsm

Comment by DavidLopez:
Very nice...

Elemental Splendor
by brownsm

Comment by littlefish:
ok

Scientific Name: Bufo Americanus
by brownsm

Comment by figaro:
Ha! Oh that's great. What an expression!

Elemental Splendor
by brownsm

Comment by johnkochjr:
Love the color.

pinkpixy
by brownsm

Comment by levyj413:
Hooray! :) And thanks for the mention. I feel the same way about my entries - I've already learned so much from the team. I'm also glad to know who she is - I think I missed that in the team discussion.

Edited: Forgot to mention what a great job you did on her eyes. They just reach out and grab me!

Message edited by author 2007-05-30 02:31:57.

Holding on to Hope
by brownsm

Comment by saintaugust:
i don't really understand the scoring here... this is a real, heartwarming and technically sound photo. maybe it's a bit too centred, and maybe the blacks should be a bit darker to add to the mood, but overall this is a 6.4 or 6.5 to me.

Holding on to Hope
by brownsm

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Exceptional technical quality and your selective desaturation sends a clear message for such a youthful and understandably unhappy model.

Technicals:
Tones, lighting and color are all good. lighting is very nice, overall quality is well above average for DPC. Looks like you have created a slight blue overtone in the BW(greyscale) portion of your image. Looks nice, intended or not.

You did an exceptional job with the boundary between color and black and white. That is the toughest part of selective desaturation.

Technically this is a good image. The BW tones are well captured.

The Challenge:
You scored almost .5 above the challenge average in one with an exceptionally narrow range of voting and many poor image submissions. Commenters gave it almost an 8. That is very good. Overall, voters thought this a good image despite what you or I might think about the actual average score it received.

Perhaps some voters felt it was a setup and that is why it scored so low.

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