Nesting.......
by tolovemoon

Comment by ladyhawk22:
The lines in the bird house look nice and horizontal, good job on that! It looks as though the bird inside the house has maybe been oversharpened a bit. I think this was likely a difficult shot to get to focus the way you would have liked. The colors look good and the lighting is good as well. I like the composition.

Nesting.......
by tolovemoon

Comment by nikuser:
A closer crop would have been ideal

Trying to achieve white background....Still...,
by tolovemoon

Comment by Beetle:
you're looking for pure white..... hmmm..... I think most of that is in the light on the background - lots of bright light and a bit of distance. Possibly a glossy surface like melamine.

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by tolovemoon

Comment by Jutilda:
Nice! I have trouble with moon shots. They always come out fuzzy. Maybe I need to read the manual more. LOL

Quarter Moon!
by tolovemoon

Comment by Beetle:
My monitor is well calibrated, so I am seeing all sorts of spots on your background :-(
The first thing that came to my mind was: "wow, imagine that mask suspended against the sky on a dark night - fishing line, perhaps? Then clone away the bits you see. Bet it would look stunning!

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by tolovemoon

Comment by Beetle:
The noise in this photo is a bit unfortunate, but I like the balanced composition of moon vs branch.

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by tolovemoon

Comment by Beetle:
I don't like the out-of-focus flower center front, but I looooooove the crazy angle! Very nice idea.

We are happy, while we watch the sunsetting view, and we will chase away all your blues!
by tolovemoon

Comment by whiteroom:
cute picture and title!

We are happy, while we watch the sunsetting view, and we will chase away all your blues!
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Comment by suemack:
How can you help but smile at this shot!!! That grin is so infectious!

We are happy, while we watch the sunsetting view, and we will chase away all your blues!
by tolovemoon

Comment by tolovemoon:
Well now I have to critique myself... John setzler had a thread about this about a month ago..

The white ring edging around my baby's face is not helping the eye any at all. This is a little blurry as well as noisy. There is a shadow as well and perhaps this is because my aperature was set on f2.8...Perhaps if I had openeded it up to about f8 more light could of come through the camera and make this even more sharp. The sun was setting so I used a flash, and one of the worse things about my camera is if I use a filter with my ring adaptor this will cause a circle somewhere on my subject specially if it was a macro...
I got out today and tried some more shots with the similar intensions. They came out far more better then this one did and just a bit too late... So I think I am starting to grasp the skills some....If I was voting though I would of gave this picture a 10 anyways... I love the smile.. hehehe I would though huh.. hes my joy!