My daughter, Shelby, at the Royal Boanical Gardens feeding birdseed to some bold chickadees right out of her hand. Lots of fun for the kids and great for photos.
It will be interesting to see how well/poorly this does at DPC, and how well/poorly it does in a professionally-judged competition I have it entered in with big prizes up for grabs.
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Post-challenge
Coolio, top 20 in a Free Study is great! Thanks for the votes & comments!
Here's the original, which is entered in this local contest, where it will be printed on an 8x10" and independantly judged by three pro photogs. No editing allowed for the contest, and there are real prizes, I think. A dSLR body+lens for best of show and a variety of p&s's for other category winners. Wish me luck, you never know. ;-)
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UPDATE
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Just got back from the awards ceremony and my entry got an honourable mention. I got to walk up in front of a couple hundred people and act like a fool for 15 seconds! :-D
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Place: 20 out of 625 Avg (all users): 6.7879 Avg (commenters): 7.6250 Avg (participants): 6.7233 Avg (non-participants): 7.0513 Views since voting: 2890 Views during voting: 278 Votes: 198 Comments: 38 Favorites: 11 (view)
great job editing this photo! prescious capture. It makes me wonder why she is holding her arm up though because if i was trying to feed a bird i woulndt be holding my arm up, but i guess it was to not scare the bird?
:( One of the two 10's I gave out. Thought for sure this would be on the front page this morning. Wonderful photograph. Congrat's on a top 20 finish nonetheless.
Fantastic capture... love the action of the bird mid flight, and the little girls expression of amazement. She's holding her arm so it is extra still so she doesn't scare the bird away... all the components are just perfect. Great focus, and the shallow dof makes the background just melt away. Some may say it has a snapshot sort of feel to it, but I think you did a wonderful job... this is a wonderful example of a great photo that captures a precious moment. I hope this shot does well for you!
Subject well focused and focal point: 1
Lighting: 1
Composition: 2
Background: 0
First impression/ Wow factor: 2
Artistic "override": +1
Total: 7
What a great capture! IMO consider muting background, as highlights detract from subject
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