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Edgy and interesting. Has a CD cover feel to it. The glare would make any skin "flawless." I wish there was a bit more definition left of the nose and a little nit more of the lips.

Superb perspective.

Looks like an interesting place, but the uniform greyish color and the indistinct far way windmills may not hold viewer interest.

The problem with most helicopter and airplane shots is that the frozen action looks very static. Not so here. The slightly blurred rotors and the trail of water creates a dynamic scene. The opposite colors of blue and orange are appealing as well.  I think the image could use more contrast though, and maybe a little more space to the right for the helicopter to move into.

I'm not sure I care for the selective coloring, but this is a unique photo in that it could have been taken today or taken over 100 years ago. It could be any child. It seems to me that it is a photo of a pawn on the chessboard of life, but perhaps that is because I am writing late at night and feeling philosophical. 

Bravo to you your photo.

Very clever and memorable shot with a high level of difficulty, no doubt. Strangely, it ends up looking a little two dimensional. I 'm not sure how you could have handled it differently, but it bears mentioning, in think.

Excellent. Love the color, love the feet, love the expression, love the tilt, love the blurred background, love how you shot from just the right height.

The focus seems to be more on the dress and deck than on her face, but you can get away with that here, I think.

So without the heart you have an ordinary photo -- perhaps even a throwaway.  With the heart, you have whimsy and humanity and a keeper. It's funny how the little things can be so important.

I love their matching relaxed body language and their expressions here. The cowboy hat and the fence post really set the scene, though it could be blurred out a little more. Great light on his face. Good job.

I like the fun and the energy here. Direct flash isn't the most flattering, though. It tends to accentuate lines around the eyes and the middle of the frame where their arms link is lit up where you would generally want shadow. With the D700  you really don't need flash for a portrait like this. 

I love their expressions and the freckles & mesh shirts tying them together. I keep thinking maybe this is a double exposure that you put together with just one woman in three poses and hairdoes.

One of my favorites in your portfolio. It had a 3D depth to it. The gravel at left leads like a road through the picture for the eye to travel.

I have taken some photos of the Grand Canyon, too, and I wasn't that pleased with my results. I found that it was hard for my mind to process the vast scope of the canyon and very difficult to tell the story in a photo.

I think your results are somewhat like mine. It's so big there, a photo can become a vast wallpaper background. Tying in foreground and background details might have helped. Getting there at the best time of day and using filters and bracketing to create HDR style results might have helped, too,

Thanks for posting and giving me a chance to think about your photo. It helps me get better.

Excellent. Her gaze is enough to make a great photo. The context makes it even better. Would it make sense to clone out the white streak to the right of her face or is that like an arrow pointing to her? Can't decide...

It is nice to see someone who seems so at home in his element. Very relaxed and intimate feel.

I like it. The out-of-focus background is pleasing with so color that doesn't compete with the girl. I think you've done just enough post-processing. Any more would be un-natural looking. Is it me or does the iris of one eye look bigger than the other? A portrait program could have done that. Also, if you rework the whites of the eyes, it make make sense to whiten the teeth a bid more. Lastly, I would like to see a little more of her dress. It might be cropped a little tightly. 

Still in all, a very good portrait. I would hope the girl is very pleased with it.

Wonderful expression. Sharp eyes. It might be cropped a little too severely -- kind of boy in box. It seems counterintuitive, but I would crop it even more doing with just the head and a little shoulders.

Great idea and well done. I wonder if the front fishnet being more in focus would be an improvement...

The exposure looks good, but I don't find this one as compelling as some of your other dance shots. It seems comparatively static and the centered composition leaves quite a bit of empty space. The way the light hits I find myself focusing on the fold of material in the crotch.

My free opinion may be worth less than you paid for it. Thanks for giving me a chance to think about your image. It helps me get better.

Hat shots usually have a shadow over the face, but you've avoided that here. Nice all around portrait.

I know what you mean. I have shot quite a bit of sports (though never wrestling) and a strength and a weakness of mine is that most of my shots are really portraits. I prefer to single out one player with another in the frame really as a sidekick to set the context (kinda like the "posterized" guy Michael Jordan is jumping over to slam dunk.) The trade-off is that my wider angle shots trying to show more of the complete game or competition don't seem to work as well for me.

Interesting. Do you think it may be a little too abstract to hold viewer interest?

Almost every moose photo I've seen is the same standing pose. Scratching like a pet Labrador retriever makes it different. I like the wildflowers, too. More separation from the background would be an improvement to a very good photo.

I've found it nearly impossible to get any kind of hummingbird shot -- they move to fast. This is compounded by their small size and the problems you run into in macro photography. That you got a crisp, clear, detailed shot with the tongue out is a marvel. Great catch.

I wondered how you could have done it, knowing that the shutter had to be closed down to f/22 or so which would have given you too slow a shutter speed, even with a speedlight, and the answer was in the photo details - three flashes!