Reading By Candlelight
by karmat

Comment by justine:
Very nice shot, well done. Kee

Reading By Candlelight
by karmat

Comment by Jenguin:
I see the "thy word is a lamp..." line so i'm assuming thats why you put these together. I think for this challenge, you should have focused on what you see looking through the glass, not the reflection. The book is kind of distracting too.

Reading By Candlelight
by karmat

Comment by langdon:
Nice idea, but I'm not feeling the chosen angle. Try a different angle for better composure.

Inside Rural City Limits
by karmat

Comment by karmat:
Pixelated look is because I had to crop it out of the larger version. You can only get so close to live groundhogs! (Sorry Zeissman, my camera is fine, my judgement was at fault this time.)

As far as meeting the challenge, I will be stubborn and continue to claim, that yes, this does represent city life, "relative to where I live." I am glad to live in a town where I can walk at night, and feel safe, and we don't even always have to lock our doors at Wal-Mart. :-) Fortunately, except for a few stray teenagers, and grownups acting foolish, this is about hte wildest life we have around here.

Inside Rural City Limits
by karmat

Comment by Froober:
Hilarious. I can definitely relate. More focus needed. I'm guessing this was a night shot...hard to get good focus.

Inside Rural City Limits
by karmat

Comment by langdon:
Very poor quality, seems blurred.

Inside Rural City Limits
by karmat

Comment by Patella:
Challenge aspects aside, this is simply too grainy and also very dark. It actually looks like a capture from a video camera. Did you have to crop WAY in to another photo to give the rodent (don't know what kind it is) enough of a presence in the photo? If you crop too far, you lose quality and things start getting pixelated.

Inside Rural City Limits
by karmat

Comment by TRSchwartz:
What is this, a badger?

Inside Rural City Limits
by karmat

Comment by ClubJuggle:
Not sure if this is out of focus or just overly compressed. Check the forums for tips on controlling JPEG compression.

Inside Rural City Limits
by karmat

Comment by doglvr:
out of fucus