Flipin' My Family "the bird"
by joannadiva

Comment by dagaleaa:
I would have liked to have eaten at your house! Nice looking turkey!

Flipin' My Family "the bird"
by joannadiva

Comment by unholycommunion:
part of the turkey has disappeared! a very delicious full turkey if i ever saw one! hats off to the chef. more items or maybe another angle would have made this a more interesting photo.

Flipin' My Family "the bird"
by joannadiva

Comment by Neuferland:
Hahaha, cute! A 6

Flipin' My Family "the bird"
by joannadiva

Comment by justine:
LoL love the title.....heehee. Very cute. Nice looking turkey too.

Once in Love with Amy...
by joannadiva

Comment by maggieroofus:
This is a lovely photo. Great work! :)

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - by, T.S. Elliot
by joannadiva

Comment by ajacoub:
beautifull cat portrait

LIghthouse BW
by joannadiva

Comment by KarenB:
fantasic joanna!! wow!

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - by, T.S. Elliot
by joannadiva

Comment by mykatautumn:
awesome

Blessed be
by joannadiva

Comment by vtruan:
Critic Club review:

I think your photo meets the challenge well. It sturs emotion and appears to be sacred to you and others.

The dof is right on, every thing is nice and sharp. There is a slight loss of contrast in the medalion, but that is minimal.

The use of the screen/star filter in this shot is definately a good modifier. Normally I do not like them, but it sends light in different angles and adds colors where there may not have had them.

The modifiers, i.e. feather, dagger, etc. modify the small statue well. The dark back ground and reds appear to also modify this shot.

The only real downfalls of the shot to me, is that the star flames from the candles cause confusion to my eye as to where it is being directed, So I have to really study the photo to determine what you would have as the main subject, the medalion , statue, or what. I assume the main medalion, but it could be the statue not knowing the subject.

I hope this helps.

Van

Closin' Time
by joannadiva

Comment by joannadiva:
Originally posted by stdavidson:

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Neither art nor crap, but a nice sepia.


Pretty much my thought.....

Thanks to everyone who gave input and insight. Last night while I was playing with these images a good friend remarked that he liked all the pictures I had taken except this one. "It didn't speak to him." Like a mother lioness defending a cub I went at him for over an hour ....... (That will teach him to give and honest opinion) The more I looked at the pic the more flawed it became and the more dissatisfied with my burgeoning progress as a photographer I became.

I sent this to the forum under the title "is this Art or Crap" not only for validation but strong and honest guidance. Even if that guidance was "yes crap but nice saturation" or something like that.

so to all that offered criticism and advice....

Thank you very much for your generosity of sprit and time.

As for my friend I apologized today. He understands I'm nutz ;)