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The glowing casino sign made me think of a seedy place in a Blade

Runner-ish science fiction novel; hence the Star Wars quote. Please

rate and/or comment.

A shot from my first attempt at a city skyline at night. Please rate

and/or comment.

Saw this piece of chicken breast as I was throwing it in the trash can

and thought there was something there.

Do you see it too?

The wife says this should be one of those motivational posters with a

single word below the image like "courage", "strength" or something to

that effect. I think she might be a little biased because she's my wife.

Is it that good?

I took this photo with my low priced Phoenix 100mm f/3.5 macro lens. I

just purchased a Canon 100mm f/2.0 lens and am curious if I could get

the same image quality (or better) with the Canon.

I'm excited about finding out!

I wonder what it must have been like to be alive when everyone was

panning for gold.

There is a dog park near the house. I can get some good images there

sometimes. People ususally ask if I'm a photographer when I have the

gear on, I'm wondering if I could earn a few extra dollars promoting

myself in there with a portfolio of shots like this one for visitors

to look through as I shoot their dog.

Interesting view. I wonder what focal length you used to capture it. It seems flat and rectilinear, but it has so much depth. I ask myself if that is due more to the perspective of the lens or to the placement of the elements in the image. Is this a central crop of a larger image, or has the full image been "defished"?

I like how your eye has no choice but to look directly at the bored person in the chair, but keeps flirting with the child's hand and the person on the couch. Looks like something I would see in a homoginized version of the movies "The Shining" and "Russian Arc".

Very nice capture. Interesting decor as well.

This might better fall into the Children category because of the

obvious content, but I'm interested in the community opinion I might

gain from putting it in the Portrait category.

This is a snapshot; in fact, this is the only photo I took of the

young gentleman. Is this photo (with the background elements and

state of the child) good enough to term a "family" portrait level

picture, or does it stay at the snapshot level and therefore suffer

some mandatory shortfall of quality necessary for the label of

a "family" portrait, for no other reason save it being a snapshot?

Believe it or not, his name is Canon...

Not so much at a concert, although it was band practice outside on

the deck...

This guy was very proud of his Christmas gift guitar. So proud, in

fact, that when I asked if I could pick it up to hit a few cords, he

wouldn't allow me to touch it.

Is this an incredibly expensive guitar?

Also, please critique the image...

I asked her to blow me a kiss, but I didn't have enough light to snap

off "action" shots while she did it. I asked her to hold the pose

and was afraid it would look plastic. Does it look natural?

I saw this hanging on a wall in an art gallery and thought if it

wasn't a large photograph it was an amazing painting. When I got

closer to take a picture of it, I realized it was woven fabric.

I posted another picture last night of just one flower that was well

recieved. I thought this one might go over well also, but I don't

know if there is too much in the image...

Wondering if I should reshoot this one with more light exposing the

underside in front of the trigger guard or if it is ok like this. I

usually shoot available light only, and the one lightbulb didn't

catch everything.

Is this image spooky to you? I see something staring back at me

when I look at it...

With normal life as busy as it is, I would sometimes hesitate to

take pictures of this guy, thinking he would always be around and I

could take pictures later when I had more time. We found out not

long ago that he had bad kidneys and now he isn't here anymore.

Looking at the small collection of photos I did get of him makes me

wish I had taken more when I had the chance...

Love them as much as you can if you get the chance today, they might

not be around tomorrow.

I'm wondering if this image suffers from "center syndrome" or if the

light and dark sides of the face move your eye to the left.

Please excuse the yellow remnant of the tennis ball...

I think this image is captivating.

I like it when macro photography makes you ask yourself just what in the world you're looking at. If you hadn't told us it was ice, I wouldn't have guessed it.