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< I volunteer at the local after school daycare. We were playing some Texas Hold'em and using pogs as chips.
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>> Anonymous
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Seagulls are possibly the easiest birds to photograph; all you need is some old bread.

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>> Anonymous
>>80015
you're thinking of pigeons, hun
>> Choamsky
Those pogs need more Steve Allen.
>> Anonymous
>>80039
Seagulls are like that too.

Hell, around where I live, I've seen a seagull float down in a controlled glide behind someone eating lunch and grab a pickle right out of their hamburger and fly away. It was really awesome. I was kicking myself for not having my camera with me.
>> Anonymous
>>80039
Well, I live in a rural area on a lake, so there aren't any pigeons here. I guess you could call seagulls the pigeons of the redneck variety.
>> ?????????????????????????????Anymonous?
The seagull one is alright, the poker one I don't like. I can see your idea, but it's missing something.
And paper chips? What the hell?
>> Anonymous
>>80434
Better than Cheetos.
>> ?????????????????????????????Anymonous?
>>80451
Man, real poker chips cost about nothing, just get some. even if it's just for a photo.
>> Anonymous
>>80455
real poker chips are actually kind of expensive. fake poker chips made out of plastic are cheap though.
>> LOLOL HURRICANES
>>80457


yea, the real ones are made of clay and are kind of heavy...

its like 60 dollars for a decent set.

and it can go up to like 5 grand for a PRO set.
>> Anonymous
>>80455
I don't play poker at all, and I was at a daycare. Just a fun couple hands of poker. It's not like they supply real poker chips at a daycare center, ffs.
>> Anonymous
#fortune
>> fabo
i'm not too fond of that picture (yet)..

the main issue here i guess is composition. the image seems rather linear and flat, perpendicular/aligned, because there is something like a 'line of focus' across the table, which runs almost horizontally. this order is then amplified by the cards which lie perpendicular to that line. and i think, this kind of kills the tension. so i would suggest another angle, maybe more from the left, across the public cards.
furthermore the cards on the left are cut off, hmwell, 'ugly'? .. i mean, it's not an aesthetic line across the set of cards, it seems more random.
plus it isn't really clear what those black things in the lower right corner are (reversed cards?).. and i don't see why you placed them in the picture like this. they're blurry and don't really add something to the picture, i mean, they could as well be omitted.

and well.. last but not least, i think it could use some more contrast. i like that the cards aren't plain white, which gives the image a kind of gloomy mood, but i mean more contrast to enhance the edges and make it more distinct. also, maybe you could use the burn/dodge-tool here (burn the upper left corner for instance) to focus the view on the center of the picture and to add some additional depth.

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