I really like this photo, and hope that it will do well.
I am kind of suspicious of my own liking of it though, since when I first started photography, I only shot pictures of flowers and I was in that "Oh my goodness, every single picture I take is so amazing" stage ;-). Since then I have pretty much stopped taking pictures of flowers, so I don't know if my liking of this is still a remnant of that previous stage. I will say that the quality is tons better than those past sad attempts.
I love the bokeh here, and hope others do too. Wish this had been an advanced editing challenge. I think a few individualized tweaks could have made this even better.
[May. 24th, 2011 07:29:30 PM]
I had definitely hoped for a higher score on this one. But I am beyond Thrilled! at all of the comments I have gotten. Thank you! I really appreciate it!
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I love the blue-greens in the background. Nice change from the normal yellow-greens. The blue-greens also seem more whimsical to me, more like the dream you refer to in your title : )