It's not about winning..

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Y'all know how I am totally into
I ♥ Faces...
I play almost E V E R Y week... not inhopes of winning... although that would be nice... but for the LEARNING... I learn something new each week I play.

Everytime I post a picture, I THINK I am SATISFIED... until I start looking at some of the other entries... & then I want to KICK MYSELF... I coulda, shoulda woulda....
This week was no exception... I started thinking how I could have made my pictures better.... I like the hint of color... which I SHOULD have had in my entires... OH WELL... here is crossing my fingers they do a sepia week again sometime.... I started playing today & this is what I came up with...

This is the neighbor baby... which I could just EAT UP.... I love her chubby cheeks, dimples & that square jaw line... These pictures remind me of something from the 1950's...

I thought this little girl's eyes were almost brown... until I kept the eyecolor & added the sepia.... ( I didn't alter her eye color...) my goodness she really does have blue eyes like all of the other Norwegian babies around here...






Wish I would have left the color in my sister in laws dress...
& really I wish I would have picked this little Norwegian girl for my entry... I think I may have had a chance...at something... oh well... here is to better planning next time....







TO my happy surprise... one of my photos HAS been included in I ♥ Faces collages .. WOO HOO... can you pick my baby girl out?












Comments

Mum-me said…
I always love your photos.

I feel the same way ... I enter nearly every week (also not really expecting to win) thinking I've taken a reasonably good photo until I start looking around the other fantastic entries. (Like yours!)

However, there have been many times I have been surprised that some of those entries have been overlooked (eg. yours) for others which (to me) don't seem nearly so good. Have you noticed that a lot of the 'winning' photos have very little colour or contour in the faces? They looked rather washed out to me - or maybe it's just how it looks on my monitor?

So the highlight of my i♥faces association was when they used one of my photos in a collage - that's my little Mousie on the far top right of the top collage you've included in this post.
June 19, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Laura said…
Gorgeous photos as usual!
June 19, 2009 at 2:47 AM
Jen said…
awesome for you! I found her.
June 19, 2009 at 2:55 AM
Pseudo said…
i love your photos. I think I can tell which one is her, even though I am a somewhat new reader.
June 19, 2009 at 3:05 AM
Batgirl said…
Great photos! And of course we can pick her out - it's those fantastic eyes! :-)
June 19, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Corinne said…
Ditto, Batgirl. Her eyes just pop out at you, there's no missing that color! I think your photos are lovely, and I like seeing your entries each week!
June 19, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Jill said…
SO cool that your photo made it into the collage.
June 19, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Anonymous said…
OH YA...lOVE THESE ALSO...AND YOU GOT TO BE IN THE COLLAGE...WAY TO GO...
June 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM
BenLand said…
nice work.......as usual :)
June 20, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Lizzie said…
she's easy to find :) love all the pictures, love the color tones and everything
June 24, 2009 at 4:57 PM
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