Very nice original photo. What do you think if you were to crop some from the right, putting the ring and the shadow on the top right of the image. I think it will be even stronger. Congratulations on this original photo.

11 Jul 2008 9:24am

Tracey from New Port Richey Florida, United States

great shot. very cool

11 Jul 2008 12:43pm

Vink from Magagnosc, France

Beautiful effect ! Nice shadow !

11 Jul 2008 1:04pm

Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States

Hi Michelle, this is a great photo, repeated many times by bloggers.
However, I don't appreciate the comment you featured on the right - our Lord's name used in vain.

11 Jul 2008 1:58pm

Rui Silva from Leiria, Portugal

Very nice composition. The shadow created by the ring is fantastic.

11 Jul 2008 2:20pm

Linda L. from Pittston, United States

I happen to love this photo my daughter took and never noted the words until you pointed them out!!

11 Jul 2008 4:46pm

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

From what I recall, an earlier shadow heart I saw blogged on Am3 was a bit more rounded and classic than your elongated one - yours is still nicely done. I like the warmth of your photo, but do agree that it might have been good to have the book open to some place other than where there is profanity being used.

11 Jul 2008 5:51pm

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

I have seen quiet a few pictures like this but you did it very well, beautiful heart shape.

12 Jul 2008 1:46am

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

It's a lovely picture. By biggest critique would be that the words around it don't match the sentiment, "nothing" (to the left), "jabbed", "forbidden", "eliminate" (to the right). This is easily fixed though just by turning pages until a good piece of text is found. Little details like that can really make the difference - as a good image makes use of all components in the frame, not just the main subject. A wonderful shot nonetheless.

12 Jul 2008 2:33am

Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States

I like the sepia tone and the pointy shadow. I don't see that there's enough text to tell whether it matches or not, so it doesn't bother me that much. Sometimes things are accidental, and that randomness can be a happy accident - or not :) It's your image.

16 Jul 2008 3:21am

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