COMMENTS:
 

Betty Billingham	A lovely way to handle the statue - Choice of subjects ideal. Love the framing too.
Bob Feinberg	I really like the framing of the image. The gradation of the colors from the image and frame really grabs my attention. I might open up the exposure a bit or lighten the leaves on the plant...just a thought.
Leonie Holmes	Great technique. The stone head seems to stand out very well against the background. I like the arrangement and love the border--- it's really different! .
Mark Southard	Sure do like this combination of color and monochrome.  And the gradient frame adds as well but the title makes it !.
Sam Shaw	You have created a very pleasant image. Nice technique for putting the color back into the image. Your method of framing works well.
Witta Priester	The colors are great and the composition holds together well. I especially like the way the background is so mottled and the chosen frame has a really nice effect. My main suggestion is to decide where you would like the viewer's eye to go and work to emphasize that portion of the image as "the subject". For example, I would tone down both bottom corners of the image, as well as the area to the right of the neck, to keep the interest centered. Then I'd think about the plants versus the statue. .

Member's Biography
	Paula Davies FRPS, EFIAP, PSA1*, CPAGB My interest in photography began when I was a teenager but was confined to holiday snaps and then pictures of the children as they grew up. I became much more involved with photography when, together with my husband Guy, I joined a camera club near to where we lived in the South of England. Soon, being a member of one club wasn't enough and we felt we needed a challenge so we joined a second, bigger, club which had some members who entered international exhibitions and were Fellows or Associates of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS).
I started to enter the exhibitions and other competitions, generally colour prints or electronic format. I joined PSA in January 2005 and can now add the qualifications FRPS, EFIAP, PSA1*, CPAGB, after my name. After we retired we moved to North Yorkshire in 2002, partly to get away from the hustle and bustle of the South of England but also to be closer to more interesting scenery and better photographic light. I am the syllabus secretary and webmaster of Stokesley Photographic Society and also a member of the Tees Digital Photo Group. I will photograph anything which presents itself but the type of photography which most appeals to me is what I call the intimate landscape. Shapes and patterns in rocks, close-up details of flowers and tree bark. On visits to Cuba and Venice I did take some successful “people pictures” but I haven’t tried my hand at studio portraits and am generally not brave enough to ask people if I can take their photograph. It always seems easier when the people don’t speak English as a gesture plus a big smile generally gets results. Until 2004 most of my photography was with slides which were scanned before printing on an inkjet printer. I also had a compact digital camera and took some successful photographs with that. Since 2004 my photography has been completely digital using a Nikon D200. I enjoy playing with pictures using Photoshop or Painter IX and, as a result, about 50% of my photographs have been manipulated in some way. My website is www.pixelfoto.co.uk.

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