The Guardian
by ar_laura

Comment by ubique:
This dog looks great, cradled in the hay. He's a bit soft, but when it comes to these dogs so am I. 7.

The Guardian
by ar_laura

Comment by ErinKirsten:
I think if you had gotten a tad lower and had him/her look at you - this would have made this good photo - great.

The End of the Road
by ar_laura

Comment by Lutchenko:

Hey Laura

Well done with your first entry, you scored higher than I did with my first.

I've looked at your settings and with a shutter speed of 1/32s I think the focus problem is likely to be due to camera shake.

Try aperture priority and set to something like F16 or higher to get a better depth of field and hence more focus from foreground to background.

Personaly I prefer to use a lower ISO as well to reduce noise.

The only issue with what I'm sugesting is that you would most likely need to pop your camera on a tripod or at least balance it on something and use the timer.

Hey and now you have some software try using an Unsharp Mask

The End of the Road
by ar_laura

Comment by Lutchenko:
Nice idea and good colours but I'm not keen on the lack of DOF as I can't tell where to look.

The End of the Road
by ar_laura

Comment by popdeepop:
Nice. Ice storm? Was it the end? Not so sharp for some reason.

The End of the Road
by ar_laura

Comment by FrankRobinson:
Lovely scenery but needs more 'pop'? Perhaps play with curves on this one?

The End of the Road
by ar_laura

Comment by ThingFish:
Beautiful and masterly done image displaying great photographic skill and an excellent eye for detail and composition. Looks almost like a painting..you sure it's not a photo taken of a painting? he he...just kidding. I especially love the frost on the tree branches and on the grass.