Which Came First -- The Turtle or The Egg?
by Lydia

Comment by Rainbow-Coloured-Soul:
Gorgeously cute and great idea. I would have liked to have seen the egg shell in full though.

Starry-Eyed in Love
by Lydia

Comment by Paul:
Subtle. Nice job.

Starry-Eyed in Love
by Lydia

Comment by KarenNfld:
Cute!

Starry-Eyed in Love
by Lydia

Comment by bspurgeon:
Another great self portrait!!! Position of his head is perfect, and I love the smile. Despite the pupil, I think it needs more black and less midtones. Too bad the key light resulted in a round catchlight. Overall very good. Pseudo 6 from me. Ben (no vote)

Starry-Eyed in Love
by Lydia

Comment by photokariangel:
aww, thats cute! i like the composition, and the use of a very different subject for the challenge

Time to Head Back to the Barn
by Lydia

Comment by CJinCA:
I thought this was your Lydia - very cute composition. I guess the voters wanted a "real" sunrise/sunset. :-(

Which Came First -- The Turtle or The Egg?
by Lydia

Comment by pffree:
cute... :-) Nice detail

Time to Head Back to the Barn
by Lydia

Comment by Connor:
love the sun and sky, but the animals in the foreground are not doing it for me

Time to Head Back to the Barn
by Lydia

Comment by dogz:
Very creative for this type of challenge, and refreshing to see. I like it. 1 minor note: on my monitor I can see a little light on the goat... would have been better as a complete silhouette.

Which Came First -- The Turtle or The Egg?
by Lydia

Comment by tiffanyleski:
That may be one of the cutest turtle pics I've ever seen. :) The detail and lighting on him is excellent. Part of me almost thinks he looks too good to be a real turtle. lol I would've liked to have seen the rest of the egg in the shot, though, and the lighting on the egg shells is off to me. The right side is very bright and the left side is kind of an off/splotchy color. It looks like pieces from two different eggs.