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Comment by colorcarnival:
Whoo hooo Janine! Great finish. Beautiful photo!

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Comment by jomari:
Beautiful bird, beautifully photographed. The best of the peacocks, top 10

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Comment by Lydia:
Oh... Glorious, Janine!!


Wonderful!

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Comment by cowboy221977:
Hello from the critique club...

Overall nice picture. The colors are crisp and clean. It very definitely portrays a very happy kid. However the crop is not working for me. I would have liked to see his entire head. The left and right sides are cropped just right. Overall I like this/ The subject is great. It really brings a smile to my face. Good job. Happy shooting

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Comment by SeanPresher:
Lovely array of feathers and complete sharpness and wonderful colours. Very well captured and of course keeping in mind that it is often not easy to capture these birds as they flaunt their tail feathers like this.

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Comment by glad2badad:
thumbnail gives it away, and it's a bit soft.

ETA - shoot ... might not be soft. I always forget when I grab my laptop. Sorry.

Message edited by author 2015-06-27 22:34:21.

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Comment by PennyStreet:
lovely.. soft, but with just enough detail to make it beautiful.. I can almost smell it.

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Comment by Melethia:
Lovely and soft, nice detail! You do have a nice touch with flowers.

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Comment by tvsometime:
Yes there it is. A rose as a rose.

My Dog and I.....
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Comment by wbanning:
Hi Janine,

Me again, as a Critique Club commenter... The color palette is lovely and the sense of horizontal layering of subject and color change works well together. I think it's really hard to nail a sunset that doesn't get a sort of "meh" reaction here, though. We see so many that they tend to lose impact. I know that's true for me. I become hyper critical of them because they're so common. Most tend to be highly saturated with exaggerated colors. Perhaps this is in lieu of dramatic subject interest. Your photo has several layers of interest including the dog and walker, yet they are small and lack real impact. It might be improved somewhat by lightening the bottom (dark sand) layer to reveal a bit more detail in the shadows. For me the best thing here is the violet shading at the top and the gradient changes moving down through the golden yellows of the wet sand.