GOODNIGHT
Uploaded: September 15, 2006
Lighting by candle light only.
Full frame shot.
Exif: FNumber: 4, ExposureBiasValue: 0/2, ExposureTime: 0.125, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 400, WhiteBalance: auto white balance
Lavone Vannoy September 15, 2006
ALL comments welcome! Constructive criticism welcome as well. The lighting is warm from the candle light. That was intended to be kept.Kay E. Mahoney September 15, 2006
Nice capture. Love the lighting. Looks like a photo for a Christmas card. #3315186Datha Y. Thompson September 15, 2006
OH I LOVE the candle lighting!!! VERY BEAUTIFUL!! Love that cap, WOW!! Very unique and Excellent shot!!! :0) #3315230Lynn Crawford September 15, 2006
Oh WOW Lavone, this is wonderful, great clarity and detail with just using the candle light, looks like a Christmas card :) #3315239Su Sana E. P September 15, 2006
Lavonne, incredibly beautiful and creative composition here. Very nicely done.Lavone Vannoy September 15, 2006
Thanks you guys!!!Have a beautiful weekend!!! :) #3315363
Chastity Abbott September 15, 2006
OMGGGGGG!!! Awesome lighting Lavone', this is stunning.....WTG girly!!!Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 15, 2006
Very nice, really a great keepsake! #3315399Sherry Stricklin Boles September 15, 2006
I was thinking like everyone else: Looks like a Christmas card! Very nice work, Lavone! #3315441Manuel Barrera September 16, 2006
This is very good portrait, Lavone, I hope to see it again. #3315971Helen N. McHugh September 16, 2006
So beautiful, Lavone! Perfect Christmas card!! #3315989Wende Trew September 16, 2006
WOW!!! this is AWESOME Lavone!!! I have to agree it does look like a christmas card!! I hope we see this one again!! EXCELLENT capture my friend!!! #3315995Jane M September 16, 2006
Great comp, perfect lighting! #3316140Mike Rubin September 16, 2006
The lighting,comp and exposure are prefect. You should use this as a Christmas card! #3316211Natalie Kimball September 16, 2006
Wow Lavone!!! I agree, the first thing I thought was Christmas Card!!! Beautiful capture! Would love to see this one again! #3316343Bill Wyatt September 16, 2006
Welcome back Lavone! Beautiful image the lighting is perfect. Love the clarity, colors and composition! A great story telling image! #3316400Sherri Gorman September 16, 2006
Awesome capture Lavone!!!! I love everything about it. Beautiful! #3316797Candy Avera September 16, 2006
Wow Lavone'. You snuck this one in one me. It's amazing. I agree with what everyone else has said. The lighting is superb and the whole image conveys a warm, peaceful mood. #3316867Tamara K. Walker September 16, 2006
Magnificent, well done. #3316896Nancy L. Green September 16, 2006
Wonderful capture Lavone!! Beautiful lighting, and I love that curl on the flame!! <>< #3317432Kerby Pfrangle September 16, 2006
Great lighting and wonderful pose. Very cute image. I could see this in a little girls room. #3317828Janine Russell September 16, 2006
Lavone, excellent lighting, composition and exposure. #3318171Pat Gamwell September 17, 2006
Breathtaking creation, Lavone! This definetly needs to be a Christmas card! It would sell like hotcakes! SUPERB! #3321198TS September 17, 2006
Lavone, one of your best, thats hard to say because you produce such stunning photographs. Awesome lighting and facial expression. #3321694Tressie Davis September 18, 2006
AWESOME portrait Lavone, love this! The comp is wonderful and your exposure right on. Sweet!! #3326115Manuel Barrera September 19, 2006
Congratulations on your NPA Winner, Lavone, I hope to see it one more time. #3328312Chastity Abbott September 19, 2006
I told you this would be a winner!!!!!Chastity Abbott September 19, 2006
I told you this would be a winner!!!!!Chastity Abbott September 19, 2006
I told you this would be a winner!!!!!Datha Y. Thompson September 19, 2006
WOW!! WOW!! WOW!! You Go Girlfriend!! BIG BIG Congrats on your FIRST Place, Category and Photographer of the Week!!! This is SOOOOO Beautiful!!!! :0) #3330975Alisha L. Ekstrom September 22, 2006
OMGOSH!!!!!!!!!...WOWEEEEEEE girly..I'm SOOOOOO loving this! HOLEY MOLEY...you did an OUTSTANDING job on this & LOVE that lighting! The whole setup is OUTSTANDING!Congrats on this being a winner for you. That is FANTASTIC & VERY well deserved!!! Hope you make this into a Christmas card this year! This ALSO needs to be blown up on a canvas!!!;) #3346027
Lavone Vannoy September 22, 2006
Hello everyone!!! I promise I didn't drop off the face of the earth :) I have been working overtime trying to give my website a facelift. I will be sure to let you guys know when it's fully running.THANK YOU guys for such WONDERFUL support of this photo! It has become one of my all-time favorites! I too am quite pleased at my NPA First Place and Category Win for this photo! And I am very honored to be NPA's Photographer of the Week!
You all have been so kind to take the time to post your wonderful and supportive comments on my photos and your congratulations!!! I promise to catch-up on everyone ASAP! I really have come to love my Better Photo family here! You all are such a wonderful inspiration to everyone here at BP. Thank you for THAT inspiration and kindness.
Again, Thank You...from the bottom of my heart!
Have a beautiful weekend!!!! :)
Lavone' #3347735
Erica Murphy September 24, 2006
What is NPA? Congrats on it! This photo is stunning! I'm sure it's on it's way to being a contest winner here. Your focus is perfect! WOW, I just love everything about it. CONGATULATIONS!Erica #3356027
Sharon King September 25, 2006
This is a PERFECT shot! Lighting, clarity, comp....everything!! WOW,WOW!! #3357654Datha Y. Thompson September 28, 2006
YAY YAY!!!! Now I GET to be FIRST to say CONGRATULATIONS on your MONTHLY WIN @ NPA!!!!! WOW WOW WOW THIS IS EXCELLENT Joy!!!!!!! :0) #3380997Manuel Barrera October 02, 2006
Congratulations on your montly placement, Lavone, well deserved. #3398300Lavone Vannoy October 15, 2006
Thanks everyone SOOOOO much!!! I REALLY apreciate it!!!!We are in the middle of trying to pack up for a big move to Florida (from VA)...Sorry I've not been on much. I'll get back in the swing of things as soon as the move is over...I promise! :)
I MISS my BP family (huge smiles!)
~L
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Kerby Pfrangle October 15, 2006
Wonderful warm portrait image. A big smile just beautiful. #3452742Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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