Probability
by Lydia

Comment by Structor:
Great shot. Congrats on your high finish!

"Tell the truth, Honey... Does this hat make me look fat?"
by Lydia

Comment by MattO:
No its the size of your behind that does. :D I like the photo. Nice entry.

"Tell the truth, Honey... Does this hat make me look fat?"
by Lydia

Comment by Melethia:
And yet another great title! Lovely idea and a very cooperative model!

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by gattamarta:
I did not vote in the challenge but I think I would have thought the following.
The important things are ok (focus, color, details) so you get minimum 5. An extra point for the wonderful frog and overall creativity: 6.
Then... nothing else! For me the most distracting and ugly thing of this picture is the purple in it, it's a horrible background for your subject. Had it been yellow or blue (or even green) I would have liked the photo so much more!
But if the biggest thing that does not work in a picture is the only reason why that picture was submitted in a particular challenge, well, I would not vote any higher than 6.
Please keep on shooting frogs, you do wonderful pictures!
especially this one...

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by JH:
This is quite surreal. Some DPCers would just have shot the checkered purple background on its on as their entry.

But you added a pool ball... And then a frog... And as if that wasn't enough you topped it off with a crown! Did you run out of ideas for what to balance on top of the crown? :)

P.S. I think some people confused you with timfythetoo as his wife is also on DPC.

Message edited by author 2008-08-28 09:01:05.

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by LiamD2005:
I didnt get to vote on this in the challenge but I actually like it.
Its centered which some people do not like but I do.
the purple is nice and strong and the chequered background is out of focus so gives a good DOF.

This photo is however let down by the frog.
There are a lot of frogs out there who would love the modelling work yet this one just sits there with a bored laissez faire expression.
So, either the frog is a complete Diva or stoned from the glue used to glue the crown to its head.
Either way I would have given this photo 7/10 marks.
:)

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by colorcarnival:
I gave it a 7. I am amazed at how you got the frog to stay like that. It's such a cute photo. I think the only reason why I did not give it a higher score is because it was about a frog, with some purple around it. Now if the frog was purple... hmmm.. lol But I think it should have finished higher. For a true example tho of one that REALLY should have gotten a better score, see mine hehe.

Again, I just can't get over how well you have trained your frogs. I'm totally captivated by it all :)

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by levyj413:
Well, this would've been a 6 or 7 from me. It really makes me smile.

Why not a 10? The background makes my eyes go squoogly. The crown is intricate enough that the complex background just interferes. A plain background would've really set it off nicely.

Then there are the big light reflections. That affects me a little, but DPC generally hates reflected lights.

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by sherpet:
I really liked this one in the challenge, and I love the set up by you, and how you managed to achieve this by getting that crown on his head.....

Quirky and fun, and a great image for a greeting card.....

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by Lydia:
Thank you, dtremain! That's exactly what I wanted to hear-- the unvarnished truth.

I do realize that complaining about a 5.9 is not cool. *sigh* I did have higher hopes for this one, though, considering that a trash 'vase' of flowers of mine did over a 6.0 :

It's a comparison thing, I realize. And really... it's the FROG that's more miffed than I am:



I hate it for him. I really do. :)

BTW, I think you have me confused with someone else. My hubby doesn't do photography. My "Too" in Lydia Too is just because there was already a "Lydia" here before me. It's not my last name.

Thanks BUNCHES for your critique.