the decisive moment
by ubique

Comment:
I'd like to see the mid-point shifted up, just a bit, to get a little more detail in the hands of the active player, but the sense of life in the picture is really affecting.

Tools of the Trade
by fldave

Comment:
The tension in the arms and waist work really well. They mirror the fall of the sparks. The curved lines of the tool, the body and the shower stand in contrast to the straight lines of the object the cutting tool is working on, and the surroundings.

Bride Bouquet
by StickInMind

Comment:
The middle is murky, and the subject is ill-defined. I can't tell what I am supposed to be looking at, and nothing in the frame really leads me to anything. The flowers are the dominant thing in the frame, but they lack the detail to keep my eye.

The folded hands pose questions, but the young person in the foreground sort of pushes everything else out of the way, without telling me anything.

Moon Over Miami
by JuliBoc

Comment:
It's painfully high-key. The hands, as a result, blur; distractingly, into the sky. I think more, of the head, or none, is needed. The small bit of hair is either too much, or not enough. I don't know if it's really workable in the framework of the challenge (the back of the head is above the neck, after all is said and done).