10 Dollars
by rasdub

Comment:
Great title. Wonderful black & white image. I love its simplicity and the tone range is excellent. Lighting looks great - not sure if its all natural or augmented but it works well. I wish the focus was uniform throughout and the image seems a bit oversharpened to me. Still its a wonderful photograph. 7

1010 (10 in Binary)
by md8speed

Comment:
Very nice rendition of the challenge. I like the cool, metallic tones, it really reinforces the technological nature of the image. Simple but still has points of interest for the eye to linger on. Lighting looks good though I'd like to see the left side of the image just a bit brighter. Also, I do not like the border, too thick IMO. 6.

Ripe Buds on the Stem
by cloudsme

Comment:
Lovely pale colors, they really look wonderful together. I like the cool tones. Lighting is nice, the butterfly is heading towards blow out but you've reigned it in well. Composition is nice, though the right side looks a smidge cramped (possibly because cropping was needed to lose some thistle buds). The focus looks pretty good but not tack sharp. Very nice submission. 5

Moonrise, Habaneros, Nantucket Sound
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Love the contrasting colors, I like how the habaneros seem to glow. I wish that was played up just a bit more so they'd really pop even more. Nice mixture of landscape and still life. I'm not sure I like the color of the border, the light color is drawing my eye away from the main portions of the photo. 6

The Big One-Oh!
by scalvert

Comment:
Very nice emotive photo. I like the burst of color from the cake, the use of the candle light is excellent, doesn't have that typical overly brown/yellow cast I seem to get when I use it. Clarity is good on the 10 which of course meets the challenge. I think just a little bit of a fill light on the girl's face to bring out more detail and perhaps around the bottom of the cake plate to help the white of the frosting pop a little more would make it more visually interesting to me. 5

Not what it used to be...
by Rasai

Comment:
I really like how the different colors play off each other and the mixture of textures, wrinkled paper and worn dime(?). The color on the dime looks a bit odd to me though, not the typical silver but more copper.. so maybe its a 10 dollar coin. I wish the coin had just a bit more detail pulled from it, as it is a main subject to the image. The lighting looks good though slightly muted. I think the composition could be better to add some drama - perhaps some interesting way of folding the paper beneath the coin or creative use of light to play up the word "ten" on the coin. As it is, its pretty static and flat and needs more dimension. 4

10
by mandyturner

Comment:
Very cute! I love the beetle, its gorgeous. I wish it was a bit more prominant with all its colorful interest. The concept is great, fits the challenge very nicely. Lighting is well done. It lakes just a little something that would give it a nice finished look, but I think it is just great. 6

Connection
by Djabordjabor

Comment:
Excellent clarity. Nice composition and very wonderfully rendered. I like the grunge look - the dark/dirty hands really draws out the details in them. Lighting is wonderful. Nothing I would change at all. Very nicely done. 10

10
by jaxed

Comment:
Nice simple image, very good clarity, lovely lighting - though I wish the apple had a bit better lighting so instead of merely reflecting the light for the most part and getting its shape lost in shadow, it was highlighted a bit more, especially since it adds the only pop of color. I think the composition is perfect. Well done. 7

Ten Eyes on Lunch
by Transit

Comment:
Heh. Nice frogs. Sharpness looks good. I like the contrast between the background and the frog coloring. I like the concept for this image but there's just something about it that doesn't draw me in. I'm not sure if its the composition or what. 5