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Comment by DCrest01:
Congratulations Barbara!! Love seeing you on the front page!!

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Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Nice use of the zoom during exposure. Congrats on the ribbon.

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Comment by cdr1401:
Congratulations on your red ribbon Barb. Would love to know how you did it

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Comment by Judi:
Congrats on 2nd...amazing image.

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Comment by WonderDude:
What in the world is this?

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Comment by Jules1x:
Neat. Love the fluidity and 3-D nature of this.

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Comment by Lydia:
Interesting. I like it.

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Comment by gipper11:
Very cool photograph, I am not sure what it is but it is very nice.

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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Let me start off by saying that I like the bokeh filter, must try to make one :-) I like that they aren't jagged all around, the rounded parts give a Christmas-ornament feel to the shot. The focus on the one letter from Japan is very good as that face has so much character to it! Also like being able to see and read enough of the other stampmarks to give an idea as to where they came from and how the stamps define each country.

I think many read the composition as a little on the casual side, and the portrait orientation might have hurt your score a little. I gave a 6 during voting but it honestly didn't catch me enough to warrant voting higher. The blank space in the middle third of the pic disconnects the top part of the tree from the cards, and that may have been just enough to disengage voters. Show us a story!

Hope this helps

Susan

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Comment by grahamgator:
I really like this image and thought it would place higher. Nicely done.