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by icu1965

Comment by Ken:
He certainly seems relaxed. I like how he's in focus and the background has a bit of blur to it.

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by icu1965

Comment by bobonacus:
How many beers did you have to give him before he let you take the shot :) I really like the slight blur of the background, adds atmosphere to this

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by icu1965

Comment by wickee_one:
I think mad_brewer is right, it is the owner that creates the monster of a dog not the breed itself. You captured a sweet picture of pickles. I love the look on her face.

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by icu1965

Comment by wickee_one:
Nice lighting and detail. He looks so soft. He almost has a glow about him.

sliceoflife11.jpg
by icu1965

Comment by bobonacus:
I like it, the bit of blur gives a sense of the music. I assume you know that if you use a higher ISO you will be able to have a faster shutter speed.

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by icu1965

Comment by Alicia:
Excellent portrait - and in a bar no less. Has lots of atmosphere and he looks very relaxed.

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by icu1965

Comment by Alicia:
I love this shot - it has tons of atmosphere. Great - I'm assuming hand-held?

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by icu1965

Comment by Ken:
It sometimes does take a lot to remember everything. sometimes I just take a good guess if I've done a lot.!

I like the orange against the green/black background and the vivid colors. The orange/red looks a bit blown out (on this monitor) - sometimes these can be recovered in raw conversion. I'm not sure what you're coverting with, but the Adobe Camera Raw plugin has a recovery slider which can sometimes recover the detail if there's anything in other channels.

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by icu1965

Comment by wickee_one:
I like the varying colors running down the lines. I also like how this picture tells such a story with the clothes and towels hanging out to dry and the deep mud in the lower portion of the picture.

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by icu1965

Comment by wickee_one:
Wow, I can't imagine going through a flood. It must be a tremendous amount of work to get everything back in order and then have to do it all over again.