Tres_Amigos
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Comment by AVP:
lacks sharpness and the background distract

Tres_Amigos
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Comment by Bud:
cute shot, the fact that the face of the last girl is hidden works against the image.

Tres_Amigos
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Comment by the99:
parece que son "tres amigas"

Tres_Amigos
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Comment by _DaveA_:
This is a snapshot, not a portrait.

Stroll along the Ohio
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Comment by hotroll:
Yes, the pelican is a statue modeled after a John James Audubon painting. I was about 3 feet from the statue and 30 feet from the sidewalk that my family was walking on. I thought about cropping out the pelican, but it was by definition, a "silhouette". Then I looked above it's head and the tree branches formed a heart shape. I knew it probably would be picked on by some, but I still love the shot. Maybe too busy, but a "silhouette".

I have several other photos that I took for this competiton that might have scored higher, but the lighting on the tree and the family was too good not to share.

Message edited by author 2007-09-26 09:54:14.

Stroll along the Ohio
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Comment by posthumous:
I love the confusion of scale. This gets more fascinating the longer I look at it. Probably just a statue of a bird, huh? too bad. This seemingly haphazard composition holds together very well.

Stroll along the Ohio
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Comment by Jutilda:
I like the idea of this. If it were mine, I'd crop to the left of the lamp post and to the right of the tree trunk, creating more of a vignette and not so many busy shapes. Does that make sense? As it is, there is no place for the eye to rest and it seems a bit cluttered. I wish the silhouettes were a touch more crisp.

Stroll along the Ohio
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Comment by P_Nut:
This photo is too packed. Too many objects.

Stroll along the Ohio
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Comment by Donna21:
The pelican (a statue?) throws it off for me. It's nicely framed, but turns the photo into a cross between a nursery rhyme and a Japanese horror movie. Too bad, because otherwise this shot is beautiful.

Stroll along the Ohio
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Comment by HeiSch:
the stroll might be dangerous with animals of that size around.. nice work