By the pool

adbsgicom

C&C welcome and appreciated. The 3rd one is my front-runner for the photo challenge. These were all shot with ambient light from about 1:30 to 4pm with a little bit of shade provided by some trees and a pavilion.

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sweet caroline

Great shots! I actually like #4 better than #3 because of the expressiveness of the hand. I understand that you were cropping closer to the open mouth for the challenge, but it's an even stronger shot with the hand, in my opinion. The drip is awesome.

Caroline

Memories by Melinda

adbsgicom

Thanks. I've been going back and forth because of that hand. Every time I come back to the machine, I toggle the priority of the two of them....

rwells

Andrew,

#1) Very crisp clear fun image.

#2) Not the best composition

#3) Winner! ~ DOF, those eyes & ice cream

#4) I like #3 crop better - the full hand competes with the childs face.

#5) Nice focus on the eyes

bendruckerphoto

#3 is great! Good luck in the contest.