Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by Kelli:
Sorry about the impending DQ. I read the thread at the time, but know nothing of Mac's so couldn't contribute anything. Wonderful image, I gave it an 8 in voting. Congrats on the great score & HM even if it won't last long.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by ThingFish:
Thanks for looking in everyone. I just feel sad that my image is to be DQ'd soon because I lost the original RAW file through a very unfortunate mishap. It's pretty rare for any of my images to score so well that it ends up in the top5 and that makes it even more unfortunate that when I do have one I loose the RAW file and get a DQ. I was actually holding thumbs that it would not score so high and fall out of the top 5 so I would not have needed to verify.

Message edited by author 2011-07-15 15:57:02.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by Bear_Music:
Congrats on the HM, Fred! Lovely ambiguity of depth/planes in this image. It's very well made.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by CJinCA:
Congrats on your HM!

Great shot BTW - love the reflections and the expressions on the ladies' faces.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by Melethia:
Love the reflections - as Paul notes, it adds depth. Nicely seen and very good finish.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by Paul:
Nicely seen, nicely made. I like how this is flat and deep at the same time.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by yanko:
While the moment you captured isn't decisive (i.e. jagar's was better), I do like the fact that you took the challenge theme and tried to create a photograph around it rather than simply regurgitate the theme back to the viewer in a shiny package. Unfortunately the latter is what does better here (i.e. the stock photography mentality) but as someone who isn't here to buy stock photos, just enjoy compelling photographs I can appreciate yours far more.

Message edited by author 2011-07-15 12:47:17.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by PennyStreet:
Nicely done. I like how you made the reflection take second fiddle. Congrats on top five!

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by Dphoto:
I'll comment again and congratulate you on a strong finish. I gave it an 8 and it's one of my favorites in the challenge. I think it should have received a ribbon.

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment by bergiekat:
I quite liked this during voting. It is nice to see the desat work and not the typical intense colors usually used. This had it all...reflections, fun subject matter (three "hot" babes) and your post process work. Happy that is did so well for you!! Keep up the good work.