Innocence
by MapleLeaf

Comment by TooCool:
Needs a bit more contrast. You don't really have anything in the shot that is truly black or truly white. Playing with the levels or the curves would really help this have more oomph.
TC

Innocence
by MapleLeaf

Comment by bassbone:
beautiful young girl - but I would like to see this shot more from the front instead of behind her - the b/w conversion is a little too soft for my taste and the hands in the lower portion of the photo are distracting

Innocence
by MapleLeaf

Comment by chaddybones:
Poor compostion, poor contrast. Cute kid though.

Innocence
by MapleLeaf

Comment by ofaw:
Great expression.

Innocence
by MapleLeaf

Comment by emcharl:
A lot of noise in the background... For that reason a 5 - It's not awful, it's not excellent so I'll rate you in the middle!

Emerald Assassin
by MapleLeaf

Comment by MapleLeaf:
Thank you for your kind comments.

So far (with one exception) every one of my entries has outscored the previous one. Maybe someday I'll make it into the top ten.

I tried to use a flash on this guy but between the time the flash would fire and the exposure would be complete he was off the leaf, in the air only to immediatly set down on the leaf again. Consequently, watching only the LCD display, I would get him framed, take the shot, the screen goes black and when the shot is displayed, no fly! I did this a number of times. Each time he would take off as soon as the flash went but too quick for the exposure to register. It was like trying to capture a ghost. In one of the outtakes, he can be seen just above the leaf in full flight but just barely distinguishable as a blurr.

Emerald Assassin
by MapleLeaf

Comment by brimac:
My favorite of all the fly, grasshopper, bee etc. shots. It is very clean and sharp. I really like the DOF!

Emerald Assassin
by MapleLeaf

Comment by hisnurse:
beautiful!

Emerald Assassin
by MapleLeaf

Comment by starrlite:
nice!

Emerald Assassin
by MapleLeaf

Comment by geekssweet:
aptly titled