Abstract Passion
by Lydia

Comment by Prash:
If this is a floral pattern, I would love to find out which one. Very impressive macro. The only reasons I am deducting marks here are because:

- without reading the title, one cant deduce the maning of the picture. The abstraction is weak.

- the composition is straightforward.. no visual tricks to lead you to the subject. It could have been more interesting.

Good job!!

"Tell the truth, Honey... Does this hat make me look fat?"
by Lydia

Comment by k9logic:
LOL. Nice capture.

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by cheegirl:
I so love your frog. Frogs rock!!! they are so cute and funny. I also rescue frogs from the pool skimmer and can't resist taking their pictures. Great job!!

Probability
by Lydia

Comment by Structor:
Great shot. Congrats on your high finish!

"Tell the truth, Honey... Does this hat make me look fat?"
by Lydia

Comment by MattO:
No its the size of your behind that does. :D I like the photo. Nice entry.

"Tell the truth, Honey... Does this hat make me look fat?"
by Lydia

Comment by Melethia:
And yet another great title! Lovely idea and a very cooperative model!

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by gattamarta:
I did not vote in the challenge but I think I would have thought the following.
The important things are ok (focus, color, details) so you get minimum 5. An extra point for the wonderful frog and overall creativity: 6.
Then... nothing else! For me the most distracting and ugly thing of this picture is the purple in it, it's a horrible background for your subject. Had it been yellow or blue (or even green) I would have liked the photo so much more!
But if the biggest thing that does not work in a picture is the only reason why that picture was submitted in a particular challenge, well, I would not vote any higher than 6.
Please keep on shooting frogs, you do wonderful pictures!
especially this one...

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by JH:
This is quite surreal. Some DPCers would just have shot the checkered purple background on its on as their entry.

But you added a pool ball... And then a frog... And as if that wasn't enough you topped it off with a crown! Did you run out of ideas for what to balance on top of the crown? :)

P.S. I think some people confused you with timfythetoo as his wife is also on DPC.

Message edited by author 2008-08-28 09:01:05.

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by LiamD2005:
I didnt get to vote on this in the challenge but I actually like it.
Its centered which some people do not like but I do.
the purple is nice and strong and the chequered background is out of focus so gives a good DOF.

This photo is however let down by the frog.
There are a lot of frogs out there who would love the modelling work yet this one just sits there with a bored laissez faire expression.
So, either the frog is a complete Diva or stoned from the glue used to glue the crown to its head.
Either way I would have given this photo 7/10 marks.
:)

Purple Royalty
by Lydia

Comment by colorcarnival:
I gave it a 7. I am amazed at how you got the frog to stay like that. It's such a cute photo. I think the only reason why I did not give it a higher score is because it was about a frog, with some purple around it. Now if the frog was purple... hmmm.. lol But I think it should have finished higher. For a true example tho of one that REALLY should have gotten a better score, see mine hehe.

Again, I just can't get over how well you have trained your frogs. I'm totally captivated by it all :)