hannah
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Comment by tvsometime:
I don't think there is any focus problem here but a bit of motion blur given the shutter speed and 2x or 3x telephoto effect. The delicacy of the hair is retained which is the most telling evidence to me. This is a beautifully natural capture and to my eye quite powerful in its spontaneousness even with the attention of the subject to the photographer.

flower
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Comment by tvsometime:
I love this shot. It takes us back, way back when photography was real and honest as best could be captured in its unadulterated form before we had the technology to allow imagination to take over. Oh well. I guess the technology is progress.

dandelion
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Comment by tvsometime:
This is what it's all about - completely natural, near film-like and free of either clumsy or crafty artifacts. So much more pleasing to my eye when the photo is as good as this - compared with what we usually have, and/or try to emulate in dpc.

Message edited by author 2010-09-04 23:30:52.

dandelion
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Comment by PennyStreet:
lovely details, great subject. I like this one a lot.

flower
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Comment by PennyStreet:
lovely composition

hannah
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Comment by retake:

Originally posted by FocusPoint: This is very cute. I like the pose and composition. BW is awesome. Little out-of-focus I think, maybe you did it on purpose to give little soft look.

Haha - it's a little out of focus because I wasn't using my tripod! :) I posted this straight from the camera for this thread, but I did some editing on another copy and contrasted and sharpened the whole picture, then fuzzed the edges to make it look a little more consistent. Most of what I've been doing in edit is trying to fix the mistakes I make in the actual capture. Still learning! Some day I'll get the hang of this photography thing. Thanks for the advice.

hannah
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Comment by FocusPoint:
This is very cute. I like the pose and composition. BW is awesome. Little out-of-focus I think, maybe you did it on purpose to give little soft look.

hannah
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Comment by Structor:
Wonderful shot!

Balloons!
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Comment by tanguera:
Fun image!

Balloons!
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Comment by ThingFish:
Very nice