After the Party
by rachelellen

Comment by tpoc:
great lighting and shadows for this image. like how the phone's off the hook.

After the Party
by rachelellen

Comment by kiwinick:
good idea a bit racy ha ha !!7

I was just reading one more chapter, Mom...
by rachelellen

Comment by rachelellen:
Thank you for all the helpful and friendly comments on my image. I'm just pleased to be in the top half, percentile-wise. :)

I especially liked the comments from people who did this themselves as children. I did too -- but in our house, now, it's not really necessary. We're homeschoolers, and as such we generally don't have a set waking-up time (well, Dad does, as he has to get to work, but the kids don't) and thus both our kids are allowed to read as late as they want at night without having to hide under the covers. My son was happy to pretend he was breaking a rule in order to be my model for this challenge, however. :)

I was just reading one more chapter, Mom...
by rachelellen

Comment by GeneralE:
Something I was guilty of too ... probably one form of "cheating" I'd tend to encourage.

autumn, refracted and distorted
by rachelellen

Comment by tannah:
Wow, what a great photo ! Should be ribbon !

I was just reading one more chapter, Mom...
by rachelellen

Comment by L o S T:
good one

autumn, refracted and distorted
by rachelellen

Comment by yasodhara:
10 ! How did you do this?

autumn, refracted and distorted
by rachelellen

Comment by FotoMunki:
Wonderful picture! I think the competition is steep for this challenge and this does not come across as "Odd" as you might like, but it's a GREAT picture! Great focus and DOF. Nicely done.

autumn, refracted and distorted
by rachelellen

Comment by anthonyczaja:
Very cool abstract work. I'm not sure how you did this, but I like the result.

autumn, refracted and distorted
by rachelellen

Comment by macrothing:
7 - Good and 'odd', I am sure the size restrictions don't do this justice. Criticism; want to say wish there was some sharpness around the edge of what looks like glass beads(?), but then you'd likely lose the focus on the refractions, so who knows. Nice colors and although the refraction idea is obviously not 'new', the multiple in almost symmetry may be yours, if so, well done. Maybe a slightly different crop on this, or 'composition' (if possible), especially to gain more 'symmetry', may have made this better in my opinion.