Shy Salt
by justine

Comment:
No doubt joining the unseen bandwagon, but you should have done this for the proportion challenge... It's kind of cute. did you try the same set up indoors? I only ask because the whiteness on the near shaker is a little too intense - indoors you could control the lighting a bit and with darker lighting, might have picked up a granular appearance of the salt. you have done a good job of hiding from the reflective chrome surfaces though - i quite impressed by that. 7.

Rising (soccer) star
by litbolti

Comment:
I really like this one a fair bit. the choice of location is brilliant, the lighting really urban and the shape of the tunnel draws your attention to the centre subject. this would be perfect for the new members challenge. i think i would have tried again with a slightly shorter exposure so we can see the ball a little better - without the titles guidance it's unclear as to what's happening. however, the B&W works really well, and in all, very very likeable. hope it does well - 8.

A Dance With a Ghost
by artvet

Comment:
The red lighting is a decent part of this picture, but it is unfortunate that the long exposure (or however you got the ghost effect) kind of diminishes the impact. it's very difficult to determine what's going on. indeed there seems to be too much. neatimage would reduce the amount of noise in the picture (the kind of speckly effect) and it might have improved if you opted to focus more on the girl or the lad on the left...

Home
by Mick

Comment:
Interesting alternative to a seemingly site favourite effect-type shot... using a picture of the earth is a good idea - however, the droplets don't to me appear large or frequent enough to have a great startling impact. the image of the earth is very clear - i initially thought the place you'd never been before was outer space! overall, the concept is good, the actual carrying out not as WOW as it might have been... 5.

Iris
by LucidLotus

Comment:
This is very very lovely. The colours are immediately striking, and the out-of-focus beautiful blue vase cvompliments the image perfectly. border is good! a stunningly gorgeous picture - 9.

Baby
by Jacko

Comment:
Don't know what it is, but i normally hate baby shots. it's a matter of principal perhaps, it's kind of a cross between blatant showing off, usually of snapshot quality and a dire lack of originality with no evidence of forethought. whereas this is completely opposite to the norm and is totally fantastic. truly, the only great baby shot ever. The expression on the sprog is, though a bit on the mad / insane side, is riotuous and fantastic. Also, technically, the quality of the shot is one of the best of the week. Getting a living thing this sharp and clean is very difficult (i find), and this is flawless. 9.

Fire extinguisher
by MrAkamai

Comment:
This was only one of two 10s i awarded this week. For something seemingly simple, i found the image very striking and particularly appealing. the red is very bold and the lighting from the side is very effective. The white walls are brilliantly bare, and quite frankly, the whole thing is a joy to behold. I have a tiniest slight reservation about the sign, but that can't really be helped, and the way you cropped it makes the sign not very overbearing. very excellent picture.

Colour Dance
by mocabela

Comment:
I have given this a 9. This is the thing abstract should be, and i'm quite envious that you have a good eye for colour and shapes. The red is beautiful - so very bold. I only didn't give it full marks because i found the white border to the purple and yellow sheets of paper a bit distracting - it's not nearly as apparent on the left between the blue and the turquoise, though. Composition is great.

Frozen heart of light
by s2fraser

Comment:
It's very pretty. The cropping looks a little bit out, gigving the impression that it's tightly squeezed in the corner and doesn't feel that natural. i think it would look less out if either you a) zoomed out and pulled the thing towards the centre a bit (but increasing the quantity of black to the right and bottom, or b) zoomed in a bit and have the top and the left of the orange thing outside the boundary of the image. Actually, the item in question is so lovely, it could have filled the image - have you tried a macro shot of it, in the way you have it illuminated? Lighting BTW, is brilliant. Is it an ashtray with a light source underneath it? very nice. 7.

masquerade
by rhipster

Comment:
This is one of the creepiest shots i've ever seen on this site. is it really a dead evil fish about to attack your lens, or is it a trick my eyes are playing? There really does seem to be a lot going on here - i especially like the reds and greens reflected (?) in the water... and the bubbles give some intensity with what's going on. I have no idea WHAT is going on, but it certainly is going on with ghusto. I'm a bit too disturbed and grossed out to give you a very high score, but it's a good picture all the same.