marching
by rachelellen

Comment by ShutterPug:
I like the color saturation here. I don't get the title here. Marching?

Cayucos Pier
by rachelellen

Comment by h2:
a bit tilted...

cockatiel
by rachelellen

Comment by andrewreiner:
that is a cockatoo. nice picture.

path
by rachelellen

Comment by tngrndream:
that is truly gorgeous. the small amount of fog remaining allows the light to penetrate but yet give a bit of "atmosphere". thanx for sharing

african daisy
by rachelellen

Comment by patio127:
These are a favorite of mine...we have to wait a while to see them in VT thanks, nice job !

african daisy
by rachelellen

Comment by CalamitysMaster00:
I love this... I always like that dark background. :)

inside looking out
by rachelellen

Comment by DrAchoo:
I think you captured a great expression. The image looks just a bit soft (especially in the nose and mouth). Were you shooting at the 300 end of the lens? Full open, I bet it's soft at that end. The eyes are nicely in focus and that's important. The background is a pleasant blur. I think the biggest limiting factor in this shot, although you made a valiant attempt at including it with your title, is the fence. It just doesn't appeal to the eye. I know you could do nothing about it, but it probably limits the shot nonetheless.

red and blue
by rachelellen

Comment by hotpasta:
true to challenge, well done

inside looking out
by rachelellen

Comment by vadvirag:
This is such an emotive shot! I like the composition, and the DOF you used here to get the eyes clear and sharp, though, blur the background and foreground. This technique stucks him (her?) more between the limits of shallow DOF. If I were a member, I would give this one a 7 or 8.

IMO the problem is that among so many entries the voters set up a sequence and they vote lower due to the huge amount of great photos than usual. Cheer up, this one is a great shot!

red and blue
by rachelellen

Comment by Cutter:
I am going to try to predict what it is for each photo: Yours is ....light in long exposure.