Why Lie....
by debitipton

Comment:
and debi leads the way!!! whoo-hoot!!!

In the richest country in the world, Why?
by Nobody

Comment:
nice work, sam! you're moving on up!!

water, water, everywhere, why must we pay to drink?
by tate

Comment:
excellent! and it's already been validated!!

Innocent Victims of War.........Why?
by njsabs

Comment:
nicely done - congrats!

Why?!?!?!
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
link me your sources. i think people are more inclined to open up for a dialogue when they aren't hit in the face with a rediculous exaggeration...

Brave New World
by scalvert

Comment:
and he does it again!!!

quit your day job already!

ohpooilostmyshoe
by LindaLee

Comment:
i swear i thought this was a coley shot!!!

that is SO out of the box for you ;-)

and how bout that 8.25 from the commentors...damn shame more people didn't see it because that just rocks!!!

do it again!

2 Days Old
by shanksware

Comment:
curious as to why this scored where it did?

for starters, because a large majority of people disagree with daboardergirl's assessment ;-)

just trying to keep this simple:

technically, the focus is weird. the dof is so shallow that you can't get a real sense of the subject, mainly because you can't tell what's in front and what's in back. if all the sprouts had been in focus, the image would have registered with most viewers a little easier.

as for meeting the challenge, it's a bit of a stretch to call this 'earth' when the earth is not the subject or the focus. the earth is just there, and it's not really fair to ask the voters to make the leap that having something in the image is the same thing as making that something the image. maybe if you has drenched the sprouts and made the water drops extremely visible.

wow factor? nada. the colors are nice, but this isn't an image that is going to arrest the viewer, let alone the voter.

in the end, this image scored about where it should have. obviously not one of your better outings, but definitely nothing to question yourself over.

Classic
by Brad

Comment:
take your pick ;-)

"i'm sorry, i thought 1 was for first place"
"i'm sorry, but my car shot is getting hammered so i'm hammering back"
"i'm sorry, but i vote with random clicks and you got caught on the low end"
"i'm sorry, i can't explain it, but that image just sucks, imho"
"i'm sorry, but that's my ex's car"
"i'm sorry, but i had to get married because of the how much room there is in the back of that car"
"i'm sorry, but that gray cloud just really takes away from the aesthetics"
"i'm sorry, but monday was just a bad day for me to be voting"
"i'm sorry, but i start everyone at a 1 and there were too many for me to get back to bump you"
"i'm sorry, but i was hoping for a picture of a tiger and then this came up"
"i'm sorry, but i prefer film"

Jamie Beauchesne
by jaxsond

Comment:
a classic! killer shot, love the tones.