dave_holland

You got an excellent catch-light in the eyes, and their expressions are confident and relaxed. For my tastes the adult hand over the crown has too many negative connotations. He hides it well but you know he can't like that.

This is a good attempt, nice format. I would have preferred a twinkle of the eye, which you can pull out with fill flash. Fill flash also would lighten up the dark side of her face better. I find it more convenient and simpler than fiddling around with reflectors. Your image seems blurred, and I wonder if you have lost some detail in file compression. I find the image is often improved if you 'resharpen' after file compression.

This one still makes the hair on the back of my head prickle to

attention. However I suspect that most of that is memory of the

experience. How does it make you feel?

I like the simplicity here, few distractions. You could have used a little more depth of field, as the top and bottom of the branch is out of focus. The image is a little large for me to see properly on my computer screen, I have to shift around to see the whole thing.

Interesting idea. Why did you push the film, was it for an unrelated reason, and then you shot this later?

I think I must have two of his siblings, as the family similarity is surprising.

I like the way you caught his interest, ears perked just as the shutter snapped. It would have been nice to capture more of his eyes, perhaps closer to eye level, less looking down. A good choice for the vertical format, though the green background to the left is mildly distracting. Overall a memorable family pic.

Well done, Bill. I am surprised you were able to capture this with only operating room light, using slow film and a long lens. When we had our kids, my hand wasn't very steady.

Good timing, and nice backlighting. The drop seems oddly spherical... Was there any photoshop manipulation? Presumably the tiny drop above was torn off the teardrop as it fell.

I have to disagree with a couple of others above. I think the emphasis on the sand is critical to the theme. I don't know about 'forcing' the wide angle. If you enlarge the image, or bring it closer to your eye, wide angle distortion disappears. This image needs to be large, to give a sense of the broad expanse. It gives a real sense of being there. Well done.

Tipping the front aspect toward the camera adds power, energy to this pic. This is very well done.

Nicely done, a good choice for the vertical format. You have somehow avoided the usual problems of excessive contrast and blue snow. If you had the opportunity to do it again, I bet you would have included all of the bottom skier, he is partly cut off. The longish lens fits well with the subject, it makes it look as though the skiers are moving right into the tumbling ice. Good balance.

I don't really get to take credit for this, as it was discovered on

our back window, one morning after a light rain. I waited for the sun

to offer backlighting, to bring out detail. The anonymous author

(wingspan~16") was never found.

I find these difficult. If you expose for the clouds, the moon ends up overexposed, as here. If you expose for the moon, the clouds disappear. To get the feel of what you see with the more flexible human eye, you need a double exposure, or digital manipulation. I like the feel you have created, however my taste calls for detail in the surface of the moon. Most people who do these kind of shots all the time use a sunny f16 rule, or a 'moony f11' rule. Good shooting.