Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by justine:
Darling, wonderful.....really nice job. Score 8 Justine

Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by johnmk:
Interesting point of view, exciting moment: did she cover the camera in a mist of droplets? Good lighting, in short a nice picture.

Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by smshats:
I like the angle on this photo

Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by shutterfly:
nice candid..i love the sepia tone.good dof. cute kid.

Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by Froober:
Love this! Great dof...would love to have something like this of my son at that age. Beautiful! 9 Lisa

Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background7,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing6,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 8,
Total Averaged Rating7. Autool

Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by tlalonde:
What a great angle to take this shot. And the wet hand adds a ton of interest to her expression!

Discovery of the Fountain (by Youth)
by indigo997

Comment by Mionne:
excellent

When Wishes Came True
by indigo997

Comment by TerryGee:
This was one of my ideas for this challenge...didn't use it though. Nice job..pretty pict!

When Wishes Came True
by indigo997

Comment by magnetic9999:
this picture has a lot of good things going for it :). i thnk it would have been more effective with either a much shallower DOF, or a much deeper one. part of the reason is that the objects in the background are not fully iconic enough to be recognizable blurry so they either need to be really clearly idntifiable or so blurry that they become a sort of kaleidoscope of color and texture without distracting as much from the candles and cake.

i think the bg and in particular the ribbons on the purple package is/are competing with what should really be the focus of the image: the candles. i would rearrange the pic so that the candles are all against a homogenous surface and there isnt anything too close to them to 'steal their thunder'.

i wish the cake itself was more sharp :) . i love cake.

i like the pinkish color cast but i also wonder what it would have looked like with the white balance set manually to compensate?

And I'm sure you tried this but curious about other angles that bring out the 3 dimensionality of the cake? :)

Very nice picture evokes mood well of very young girl's birthday.. from the looks of it in this case, a young ballerina? the elements are all there, just need a little more rearranging for optimal presentation :) mag99