A Magical Place
by SherwinJames

Comment:
Congratulations!! Beautiful image.

The fool on the hill
by birkin

Comment:
Nice job, Birkin! Congratulations on a very well done image and the blue ribbon! Love the golden tones and so on target with the theme.

Trillium
by gardener

Comment:
One of my favorite flowers! I have a trillium on my PaD site ... it's linked from my portfolio or you can PM me if you can't find my trillium picture. Your colors are spot on. You might want to test a crop with the trillium a little off center, too. That often helps add a little drama to a shot such as this. Keep posting your shots!

Is that guy taking our pictures?
by DigiFotoBuddy

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Hahaha, GREAT title! They do look like their wondering what's up. This is a wonderful candid, Shailesh. For all that backlighting, you did a good job making sure there's clarity in their faces. I like the backlighting in the woman's hair and the yellow in the background.

father & son
by Nikonian Ninja

Comment:
Sweet shot with good empty space. I think it might be an improvement if you could bring the saturation of the father, son, and umbrella down a bit. They seem a tad oversaturated.

Cezanne
by Jutilda

Comment:
Straight in to the favorites. I love the light.

Teenage Torment
by Neuferland

Comment:
Nice entry, Deannda! I'm not a selective desat fan, but I can see why you chose to use it here. Like Manny said below, the diagonals of the kids' heads is really cool... the flute contributes to the lines, and there's no clutter at all in the shot. I love, love, love how much you all work together with your entries. You're a wonderful mom and you have awesome kids! Congratulations on a very nice entry.

Demonic Psychotic Chicken
by suemack

Comment:
Ha ha ha haha, awesome entry, Sue! He definitely looks scary, but I am naturally terrified of roosters anyway. I love the crop and the detail on his left side.

Dorothy's Pixy Cousin
by Neuferland

Comment:
Cute shot, Deannda! It's wonderful how much of a family activity photography is for all of your family; that's probably my favorite thing about your work. It just warms my heart. Technically, you also did a good job here. The only thing I can see that might have got a better reaction is if Melissa's shirt were a solid color that matched or complimented either her hair ribbon or Ellie's shirt. I wish I had a pure white wall like that!

Dusky Pulsating City
by DigiFotoBuddy

Comment:
Hey Shail, nice entry! I haven't read the comments you received, so mine are completely uninfluenced. When I first looked at this, I thought it was smaller than the 640 px allowed, but checked and see that it is that in width. So here comes my tip: I've noticed that my scores have gone up in general by between 0.5 and 1 point since I've started to make both dimmensions wider. So I think if you had made the vertical 30-50 pixels wider, it would've helped your score. The shot itself is really good for a movie poster, imo. You've got some nice colors going on and I like the comp. The lights look a little blurry, but one could say that the blurriness adds life to the shot. (probably the voters don't think so, though :-) Amazing sunset!