In my dream, it was Christmas Day....
by Ja-9

Comment by ambaker:
This would make an excellent Christmas Card.

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by Ja-9

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation and Hue: Colors and hues are realistic and seem accurate for the subject displayed.

Brightness and Contrast: The light seems a little be flat to me. Near the middle of the image, the white edges of the shell appear to be burning out and losing detail. Other areas you can see the detail of the saw marks quite plainly. I would like to see it go one way or the other. As opposed to the current mixture.

Focus and depth of field: The focus and depth of field are excellent.

Personal observations: With the grain, and the tones, the shell looks almost a little dirty or grubby. I think I would have liked it better cropped tighter on the top and on the left. Or maybe even cropped to the edges of the complete (inner) spiral. Yes I am sitting here cropping the screen with my fingers. :-) Over all I like the image, and think you definitely earned your 6+ score.

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by Ja-9

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Color Saturation and Hue: Colors and hues are somewhat muted in this treatment, but it fits well.

Brightness and Contrast: The image is a bit on the contrasty side, but still not out of line for the overall look. What may have affected your score, is the large patch of featureless white in the bird's body and the head of the dog.

Focus and depth of field: Focus is soft, but it appears to be a purposeful effect, as opposed to photographer error.

Personal observations: I like this image. I voted it a 9. So it is hard for me to come up with ideas for improvement. Simply put, this is not the eye candy that DPC voters seem to love. But, it appears to me to be so much more. The more I look at the image, the more natural it seems for the dog's head to be up there.

In my dream, it was Christmas Day....
by Ja-9

Comment by Tiny:
Does a fine job in my view.

In my dream, it was Christmas Day....
by Ja-9

Comment by tanguera:
Great for a greeting card

~ c h a r r e d ~
by Ja-9

Comment by streetpigeon:
The striking remains before its seeming executioner.

~ c h a r r e d ~
by Ja-9

Comment by giantmike:
Wow, like a match stick. That's neat.

~ c h a r r e d ~
by Ja-9

Comment by David Ey:
oh no, who charred it?...7

In my dream, it was Christmas Day....
by Ja-9

Comment by Trotterjay:
Met the challenge nicely.

In my dream, it was Christmas Day....
by Ja-9

Comment by Natasha:
Absolutely love the colours and focus 10