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Snoozin' & Happy

© Paul D.

Snoozin' & Happy

Uploaded: August 16, 2010 23:05:27

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Mom set Kate down for a minute right near a window, and the light was just right!

100mm/2.8 Macro, hand-held.


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Donna McMillan August 16, 2010

How adorable! Great capture...timing, color, detail, comp., clarity! Love it! #1299020

Denise A. Johnson August 17, 2010

timing is everything, yours was right on! #8842333

Paul D. August 17, 2010

Thanks, D & D! It helps, too, that Kate seems to always sleep with a smile... #8843333

Ruth Robbins level-classic August 17, 2010

Very cute. What a good expression and the light is fabulous. You have two very nice new editor's picks. #8844031

Paul D. August 18, 2010

Thanks Ruth! Not the landscape shooting I'd like to be doing, but it sure was a photographic opportunity not to be passed up, lol.

I need to go find a mountain around here and nail a sunrise shot before I start getting rusty...

;^) #8846040

Ruth Robbins level-classic August 30, 2010

You know, this expression is absolutely priceless. Have you thought about trying a closer crop? Like maybe the same size ratio, but closer in so the face and the bottle are foremost? And her little hand? #8872213

Paul D. August 31, 2010

Ugh, Ruth, you're absolutely right. I focused on her expression and therefore I didn't look for clutter to eliminate. There's just a bit too much blanket in the foreground. Oh well, maybe a resubmit later this year! I did a quick crop to see what would happen, and Kate's expression sure is more prominent. Maybe this is too tight, but some sort of crop is need, I totally agree. Guess we'll see what the Judges think, but I'm always happy if an image gets an EP, lol. #8873277

Ruth Robbins level-classic August 31, 2010

That is exactly what I had in mind :-D #8873489

Ruth Robbins level-classic September 08, 2010

I hope you enter this cropped one into the expressions category. #8889852

Ruth Robbins level-classic September 15, 2010

Congratulations on this well deserved finalist. It is such a good shot. #8902636

Sherran Andersen level-classic September 15, 2010

Congrats. #8904333

Linda L. Ruiz September 16, 2010

#8911428

Paul D. September 16, 2010

Thanks all! Kate makes it easy, she smiles like that all the time when she sleeps. #8911457

Merna L. Nobile September 18, 2010

Congratulations on your Finalist Award! Merna #8915897

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