Little Women
by 'Pong

Comment:
great way to take a simple shot and make a very painterly photograph..one of my favorites...8..hokie

Balancing Act
by TerryGee

Comment:
one of the best set up shots this week and one of my favorites overall. Love the colors and the gradiation of the background is superb. Keep up the nice work...9..hokie

4
by nds

Comment:
great use of shading and very natural looking use of the crossed leg. one of my favorites 9...hokie

Birds
by JamieWillmott

Comment:
Truly great photography. What an eye you have turning a very common occurance into a unique graphical opportunity. 9..hokie

So that We May Be Free
by Yomi

Comment:
A fine photjournalistic photo and one of the best this week 10...hokie

Bound
by muckpond

Comment:
My only 10 this week and my only photo I commented on. Truly one of the best photos I have seen on this site and I have been here 7 months and voted on nearly 5 thousand photos. Congratulations. 10...hokie

Pucker Up
by hokie

Comment:
The illusion is that this is not a bubble gum bubble but a clear christmas ornament. Simple but I thought elegant. Guess not :-D

Battered Reflection
by hokie

Comment:
I was not sure what the "noise" comment was about.

The serrations on the knife have multiple reflections/highlights coming off that might give the impression of noise. the knife was not new...It has lots of use and imperfections which I liked in macro mode becasue it gave it that "I just picked this knife up off the counter after making a ham sandwich to kick your a$$ you stupid beer drinking, WWE watching, homophobic, hard hat wearing pig!"...whew..I think I have issues >:-D

Battered Reflection
by hokie

Comment:
The person in the picture is a friend of ours...she is a make-up artist at the local theatre where they are working on "Rocky Horror Picture Show". I am shooting the stills.

Sun Dried Pepper
by hokie

Comment:
Thanks for the votes.

I have a Canon G2 and the widest angle is about 35mm and I shot this at the widest aperature setting in order to get the best depth of field on the dry mud in the distance.

I just happened to be walking around near the James River walkway in our downtown section and came across this Dr. Pepper can stuck in the mud. I did move it to get the front of the can for more interesting detail but the can had obviously been there for months from the faded and mud caked appearance. Most of my best shots it seems come from this "Candid, shoot what I find" approach.