day 27. 50 days square crop. trunks
by roz

Comment by bs-photos:
Very cool shot, love the editing.

day 25. 50 day square crop. truck
by roz

Comment by colorcarnival:
I love the PP (or else you have a very dirty window and better get it cleaned up asap lol). I love that you chose to have the wiper bisect the frame like this.

day 27. 50 days square crop. trunks
by roz

Comment by suiteness:
you have gotten a LOT of milage out of that firetrail! don't stop! they keep getting better and better!

day 24. 50 days square crop. a frog
by roz

Comment by colorcarnival:
I love the blue tones here. He looks so lost and tired (and slimy! lol). I personally like the DOF because it adds great emphasis to his face. What I really LOVE tho is the border. Did you add some kind of radial blur to the canvas? Do tell - it is awesome!

day 23. 50 days square crop. kangaroos on the firetrail
by roz

Comment by colorcarnival:
Great story Roz. I am glad it was not a pack of dogs coming towards you. I'm also glad that the kangaroos took off as soon as katee went after them.

You are so lucky to get a pic like this! If it were me, I would have just stood there and watched and forgotten that I had a camera with me. I love how they are frozen in the moment here and although they seem to be far away, you can still make out the details in their faces.

You are fortunate to have such a variety of animals to photograph. If this were my story, it would have been three squirrels instead of kangaroos lol.

wattle blur
by roz

Comment by colorcarnival:
Roz - your stuff is so dreamy and beautiful!

day 27. 50 days square crop. trunks
by roz

Comment by Alicia:
You went for a walk on the fire trail?? Wow - I don't think I've ever heard that before. ;op But really, this is awesome processing, Roz. Love the font - it was worth the time picking it out. I recently took a photo of trunks, but it's not near as cool as yours.

day 26. 50 days of square crop. helicopter 1
by roz

Comment by bs-photos:
That looks really weird (in a good way of course)! Cool shot, glad you got some off before he dissappeared into the distance.

definition of portrait - likeness of person or animal (this is an animal!)
by roz

Comment by colorcarnival:
You know, I am assuming that people gave you a low score because this portrait is of an animal as opposed to a human being. And that cracks me up because I am pretty sure that the challenge description does not say PEOPLE only. So the DPC voting literalists have failed in this case.

I think people misunderstand how difficult it is to take a portrait of an animal especially when you do not have the "perfect" studio light settings. These animals are going to do what they please and are not usually holding still all pretty until you are done.

I think sometimes it is difficult to create a mood and essence of a person with photography. This is great because to me this photo gives off a mood of pensive thought. The animal is either thinking of something or is basking in the warmth of the light. I love the detail and the texture that you can see on the animal's fur and horn. The lighting particularly on the mouth is wonderful. It looks as tho it is about to speak or kiss lol.

Great pic, deserved to score higher.

day 27. 50 days square crop. trunks
by roz

Comment by slytennis:
I love the shadows, the clarity stands out and love the dark colors. The little bit of blue sky just adds to this picture. Great job.