last minute me
by christey

Comment by breezy:
A simple photo that is full of beautiful color and nice natural looking light. It works for me.

last minute me
by christey

Comment by Geocide:
I very much like red and aqua color scheme of this image but it seems that the lowerhalf of you is destracting in the image. I want to look more into your face/eye (soul) rather than you're body...know what i mean???I'll try to clasify. It seems that this image is split between half sexual and half revealing of your soul. I'd like to see the soul side. Nice ring by the way.

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by indigo997:
I liked this shot too. I don't know why the comments got hung up on the title. I know I get annoyed when that happens. So what if it isn't real rain?
I like the tonal range. It's nice to see the dark shadows and light highlights. I have to agree about the blurred arm. It doesn't bother me that the focus on the child is soft, but that much blur is distracting IMO. You need the slow shutter to get the nice rain streaks so I guess you'd just have to catch him not moving so much. I like the overall composition otherwise.
Now that the challenge is over, I'd get rid of that bright white spot on the plant. I'm not sure what caused it or if you had an alternate shot without that spot, but it's bothersome.
I think it's a cute shot. Even cuter if you know the child. It'd be a better "print and frame" family shot if you could see his face more.

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by lizardbeth:
Dang. i gave you a 10. I thought this would score higher.

I LOVED this shot by the way. It's perfect as it is. If it were my kid, I'd blow it up and hang it.

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by karmat:
It is blurry, BUT, in this case I think it helps to show the movement and add to the overall feeling of the picture.

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by LarsPaysen:
It looks more like the hose, as the raindrops are missing in the top right. Nice shutter speed to blur the rain.

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by eloise:
The blurred arm distracts from the shot, especially since nothing in the frame is really *in* focus. The eye tries to fasten on the kid, but then slides off to the plants because of focus and lighting. A good 'almost' shot. If time and equipment permitted, I'd have shot lots of frames of the same session, and picked the one that worked out of twenty or so.

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by kavamama:
I like everything about this photo except the movement of the arm. Great focus, lighting and crop, though!

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by Crafty Sue:
It is easy to see the story in this photo 8

Rain, Rain, Stay and Play!
by christey

Comment by David Ey:
movement of arm does not add to this photo to me