PotatoFacus CuteMaximus ShoeHornus
by Prash

Comment by bubbles13:
I gave you a 5 for a lovely sweet image...and an amusing title to suit. You should have given him a potato to hold :P

PotatoFacus CuteMaximus ShoeHornus
by Prash

Comment by Bear_Music:
Yup :-)

PotatoFacus CuteMaximus ShoeHornus
by Prash

Comment by sammiemartin:
where is the potatoe

PotatoFacus CuteMaximus ShoeHornus
by Prash

Comment by Lydia:
2 sorry. I hope you're going for the brown... *sigh*

PotatoFacus CuteMaximus ShoeHornus
by Prash

Comment by J-Me:
LOL....yeah, a cutie shoehorn! ;)

PotatoFacus CuteMaximus ShoeHornus
by Prash

Comment by Phileine:
What a cute kid. Giving you points for the title, but I think you will get voted down for not meeting the challenge too well and because the picture isn´t very sharp.

PotatoFacus CuteMaximus ShoeHornus
by Prash

Comment by dtallakson:
An extra point because you made me LOL!

Still standing
by Prash

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Well, at least I appreciated the potty humor.

Still standing
by Prash

Comment by Paul:
I like the way you have used the tilt and the low perspective to add additional interest to the scene. Personallly, I find foliage backgrounds to be a bit messy - because of the high inherent contrast in the highlights and shadows of the leaves. sometimes I'll edit in a way that diffuses foliage like this image:

The box itself is certainly grungy but whether it comes over as weathered will be a matter of debate. Putting that to one side, I 'lll consider whether the image is technically good and whether it is beautiful / interesting. Technically this is OK, but on an interest level there isn't much here (beyond the POV) that communicates your choices as a photographer; for example, the DOF has a point and shoot feel about it - like you haven't taken control of the aperture - as if you avoided the choice. I could say the same about the exposure - it is a little vanilla and there would be more drama in over or under exposure than there is here.

Perhaps you could have gone monochrome, raised the black point to deepen the shadows and added a vignette. These are just possible choices but I think they would maximised the interest in the image and help to keep your main subject from competing with the background.

Existence.
by Prash

Comment by gazdi:
One could say that it's flat, another could say that DOF is too small, and maybe both are right. But if one concentrates on the shapes and lines and forms and the general business of this image, it's so interesting. It's so nice to see the nail-like petals in sharp focus and how the background answers to those. That's the main value of this shot for me.