the water hole

[ksmattfish]

 

[Big Mike]

I love the composition and the tones are great. Looks like there is something weird going on in the sky though.

 

[abraxas]

I like your work.

The little man sticking up out of her head is a bit strange though.

 

[Weaving Wax]

I love her eyes!

 

[Seefutlung]

I echo Mike ... especially on the sky. My watering hole is a bit different.

 

[loser101]

its great

 

[Kristen6877]

I really like this picture. Especially with the expression on her face!

 

[ksmattfish]

The little man sticking up out of her head is a bit strange though.

A classic photography error! I was just desperate to get at least one shot with her looking at the camera; I didn't see Grandpa in the background. My daughter treats me like a paparazzi. It would be easy enough to remove him, but when I look at it in the original file I can see lots of detail, and it reminds me of old myths about gods and spirits being born straight from their parents heads. Wasn't Zeus's kids born that way? Anyway, new ideas a percolating, so I'm chalking it up as an inspirational mistake, and living with it.

The sky probably should be cleaned up. I really think it is some sort of atmospheric effect, although highly exaggerated because of the heavy tweaking. Then again the lens I was using is fairly flare prone.