Hung Out To Dry
by knute

Comment:
I like the crispness of this photo... 8

April Showers Bring May Flowers
by Balko

Comment:
I love the focus and DOF... 9

"All Wool And A Yard Wide"
by Warby

Comment:
The detail and DOF are great in this photo... 9

All bent out of shape
by lucpher

Comment:
this is a great photo, humorous and perfect DOF... 9

I will Survive
by shanni

Comment:
this should have been a complementary colors picture... I love the simplicity and smoothness... 9

Two Peas in a Pod
by MattO

Comment:
awesome color... 9

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
by scalvert

Comment:
You captured the idea beautifully! this photo is awesome... 9

Fishing For Cash
by Techo

Comment:
That's a really cool idea and your photo came out awesome... 9

An apple never falls far from the tree
by Joost

Comment:
The focus and DOF are awesome... 9

Retired Colors
by amandalore

Comment:
Yay! I can't believe it... I said I would be estatic if I landed higher than a 4. I am also very happy that the suggestions that were posted were ideas that I had at least tried to do, so it seems that I wasn't completely in the dark. (lol... that was a pun; my "studio" consisted of three desklamps, with energy efficient bulbs equivalent to 100 watts each, a coffee table, and an almost too small piece of posterboard paper masking-taped down) :)

I took several shots from a lot of different angles and this one seemed to be the most interesting. (One of these days, I will get a membership so that I can upload photos). A view even just a little bit higher from above rendered the photo uninteresting, and a shallower dof was interesting enough, but made me feel a little dizzy when I looked at it. I also tried putting it on the only possible black background I could find in my apartment, which was useless because it was a textured, partly shiny leather book cover.

But anyway, the point of all this rambling was that I just wanted to express my happyitude and tell everyone who voted and/or commented on my photo thanx!!

Message edited by author 2006-04-26 02:38:47.