The elusive Snowy Owl 120 knots off shore
by lawless

Comment by eschelar:
Pretty pic of the Snowy Owl. I'm confused by your title. I can't see any water anywhere. I think Knots is a measure of speed, not distance. Nautical Miles are nautial miles, Knots are Nautical Miles per hour? Maybe I'm wrong.

The elusive Snowy Owl 120 knots off shore
by lawless

Comment by Bear_Music:
It's irrelevant to my scoring (nice shot) but "knots" is a unit of speed, not of distance. In the old days they threw a propeller-thingie (the "log"" off the side of the ship and played out line with knots on it between their fingers for a specified amount of time, hence "making 7 knots". Now a "knot" is one nautical mile per hour. You may return to your regular program now, sorry to be pedantic. As I said, NO effect on the score, and love your owl.

First Friday night with dads car
by lawless

Comment by troberge:
This is a great picture. I love the sharpness of the key, which is the object of independence in this pic. I love the angle. Well Done!

First Friday night with dads car
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Comment by ubique:
My favourite among the "car keys" shots. I remember my similar moment only too well ... a woman ran into the back of dad's car at a stoplight! This is a nice composition, perfect DOF for the purpose. Good job. 8

First Friday night with dads car
by lawless

Comment by lissylou:
unique shot, nice focus on the key

First Friday night with dads car
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Comment by fifield:
i like the tilted angle.

First Friday night with dads car
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Comment by OdysseyF22:
Oh my... :)

First Friday night with dads car
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Comment by srbrubaker:
Nice concept. This is a very unusual point of view. I love the texture of the hand and of the denim. It's great to see the car, but I'm finding the headlight just a little overpowering. I've tried looking at it with all the headlight cropped out fully and half of it cropped out, and I think I agree that its existence is necessary to set up a kind of visual tension that parallels the tension of the 'dad' in the title: still, I think if it were half gone the tension would still be there. Love to know what you think.

First Friday night with dads car
by lawless

Comment by bfox2:
Best of the 'key' pictures by far...though it could use a little bit more contrast and the tilted angle makes it a little awkward to look at.

Caged Beauty
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Comment by DustDevil:
From the Critique Club

Striking pose, fills the frame nicely. Maybe a bit to cropped off on top, just by a hair. Great detail in the hair,face and beak.

I think what may have hurt the image was opinions it was an ugly and beat up looking bird. I still find it very pleasing and not in that sort of mood.

I think the fence frames the bird nicely but a little more clarity might have given more emphasis with that.