Carcia Papaya
by ramadurai

Comment:
generations and progression of age is a feature of families. Wish the sky wasn't quite so bright.

King of the Castle
by fifield

Comment:
well. ok. if you say so dear.

Enjoying summer days at the pool....
by tolovemoon

Comment:
Yellow is the perfect color for summer. The towels add a good forground interest. And I can (just barely) see people behind some rails. All the ingredients are present for a pleasant picture. All the stuff between the towels and the people could have been eliminated for a more focused presentation of your idea. Moving in closer to the pool would have helped a lot.

Judith
by esdarby

Comment:
Processing: ok. Some of the lighter parts seem unnaturally light for some reason. The far shoulder really draws my attention away from the face. The person is in a convincing pose with just the right amount of sadness expressed. I'm a bit puzzled about why someone so young should be so sad about a woman that died in 1904. The life of the (presumed)ancestor made the life of the person possible. Shouldn't the living rejoice instead?

Brown Noser
by Bassie

Comment:
Welcome back.

Now I'm clean
by Jinjit

Comment:
This is colorful in a pleasant way. It's an excellent subject for a macro and an abstract. The exposure might have been brought down a bit to get rid of the white spots. Other than that, it looks as if you got all the technicals down ok.
The composition is a bit static.
If you feel like exploring more, could I suggest try bending the metal into different shapes and introducing some shadow play within the composition. Then you can add some soap bubbles. They should pick up some of the color of the pad and introduce a softness against the rough texture. Or you could also toss some water drops in to add even more variety.
Final note. The colors are very pretty and well captured. The dof creates a sparkling mood.

Run!.jpg
by pidge

Comment:
This is a good beginning attempt. This is a good picture to practice on.
Looks like you missed a couple of spots. Namely the building on the left side behind the subject and the dog(?)and bag on the right side. I think that less blur on her hands and leg would be better and more blur on the boy.
When I look at this I get the feeling right away that it's not real. A part of it is that not only should things blur progressivly outwards but also the focal plane will have different amounts of blur. Hard to explain. Look at the zipper on her jacket. The bottom two sides are about the same distance down and out from the center and they are both about the same distance from the lens, so they should both be blurred in the same manner and yet the one side is much sharper than the other.
I wish I had this type of blur in psp.

Picture 191dpc.jpg
by Bud

Comment:
I like the sparkles. A very pretty picture.

Fireworks-1 07-04-05
by SJCarter

Comment:
or into the future. Perfect picture. It looks almost like a supernova.

I picked a peck of pretty pixels
by lwkimages

Comment:
Not voting. Just had to let you know that it made me laugh. Might get low votes because there isn't anything to compare the size with. I'll give you a temp 10. Don't count on it staying.
edit after the forum post: This is the only one I voted for. It will be washed at the end. Sorry for the distress this has caused you. Did I mention before that I am not voting? But I do love that title! Should I change it to a neutral 5?