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01/08/2009 03:30:55 PM |
Karen- I think this is outstanding work. The incorporation of complementary holiday colors, the centered crop to drive our eyes to the ornament, the softness of the perceived cold from the warm gloves - it all works nicely together.
Maybe the whites are a bit bright and lose a bit of detail - but that is really being nitpicky - and i didn't really notice it until I stared at the image a while to find something to critique... |
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01/08/2009 03:18:08 PM |
| I like the heart-shape of the hands, intentional or not it works and it works well. Technicals - flawless, although the left (our right, her left) index finger looks a little blown out, at least on my monitor ... but so what, this is a fabtastic photo. I love how the dof, colors, and use of light/dark work together. |
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01/08/2009 02:11:21 PM |
| Really pretty... I like the heart gloves being white and the ball being red... Wonderful, Karen! |
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01/08/2009 06:14:26 AM |
| Oh .. the gloves look like a heart - cool! |
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01/07/2009 11:18:01 PM |
| Sweet how her hands look like a heart. I like this!! |
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01/07/2009 04:29:12 AM |
| Lovely...I think a square crop would have been even better |
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01/06/2009 10:39:09 PM |
| Back for bump and comment - another example of beautiy in the simple. |
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01/04/2009 10:49:06 PM |
| Very nice and wintery. Love the soft focus and the colors. The hands are in the form of a heart. Great work. Ten. |
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01/04/2009 07:42:05 PM |
She presented it with such feeling, in hands covered with a fabric of a white that was almost unnatural, like it was impossible that they could even be there. Cupped within that brilliance was the object of her offering, a candy apple shade of sparkling wonder, capped with gold and flecked with a texture that grabbed the light and scattered it sparklingly.
As she held it out, her eyes showed a touch of smile, but also poured out in hope and pleading. Would I purchase this thing, so lovingly displayed? Would I help feed her this night, or perhaps give her more coin towards finding a warm place to sleep.
So I smiled and reached into my pocket and produced a handful of coin, and exchanged it for that simple thing, the offering made so seemingly full of innocence and charm, and knew that I was most likely a sucker for doing so, but not caring for that moment. Who was to know her real story? Who was to really say what fate held in store for her, but for that one brief moment I could pretend that I had helped move her towards something better, and the magic of that offering stayed in my heart. |
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01/04/2009 04:17:32 PM |
| Oh how perfect! The crispness of the bulb against the softness of the gloves is stunning. |
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01/03/2009 12:35:55 PM |
| I really like your photo...your Gaussian blur is good...(I think it is Gaussian?) |
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01/01/2009 04:07:54 PM |
| I really like how the mittened hands form a heart around the ornament. Excellent exposure and depth of color and tone in this. |
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01/01/2009 01:09:38 PM |
| Interesting shot, I love the heart shape the hands make! The blur on the back of the gloves is distracting and may have looked a little better with more DOF but overall a nice image. |
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01/01/2009 12:38:09 AM |
| A tricky image ... I like that the details are apparant only on a second glance. They seemingly reveal themselves more slowly. Good work! |
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