Strong Wind
by Discraft

Comment:
left hand in wrong place, otherwise very good.

Whispers
by ScottK

Comment:
border too large

Windy Day Fun
by Firsty

Comment:
good illusion. the kid with helmet doesn't seem to be straining his left arm (should be rigth unless lefthanded). good luck. /7

By Example
by soccerdad

Comment:
Congrats Bill
This was the best Livestrong photo
I'm 13 behind you :) but coming up fast! :)

Sun coral
by Jinjit

Comment:
wow, I like this. very good. can't think of anything to improve. hope this snags you a ribbon, or at least a top 20

Bead Migration to Funnel
by ridvanerkan

Comment:
you got it the wrong way around, from the challenge desc. it should be Yellow that leads to the impact, but you messed it all up by using RED beads :)
Very nice.

Flower Power
by MrYu

Comment:
nice backdrop you've got there. if anything this photo is TOO yellow, over qualified for the job :)

Can Be Seen From Everywhere..Just Not Like This
by spydr

Comment:
cool, finally an IR shot close to a ribbon

Cat Scan
by Brad

Comment:
Ok, 2nd try. I wrote quite a long post about 1 1/2 2 hrs ago but it disappeard during post. so now I copy and paste into notepad before posting.

First: congrats Brad,
you ribbon hog :)

Second: I think I can see both sides of this debate.
Like Apollo2077 and jonr said the photo is a bit "flat" If you look at it from an kinda artsy perspective you see what I mean. It's very centered (L/R and T/B), the light is flat and not interesting and the BG is featureless (almost non-existent).
BUT: for this challenge this photo is perfect - well we already knew that from the blue ribbon :) - it's to the point, easy to understand if you've ever heard of a Computed Axial Tomography scan (actually the title of your photo should be CAT scan) and the BG does not interfer with the punch line.

You post:

Originally posted by BradP: ...snip... If you have suggestions, please offer them. I have no way to better my photographs without your help.

OK, I have some on the BG:
Make it look medical or like a hospital. Use a white (sterile looking) BG with medical props: needles, syringes, stetoscopes etc. Have some lab technicians - no not the ones CJ had doing the lab test :) - in the BG, preferably OOF unless you get DrJones to lend you a hand with models. If the scanner has a button to push, have a gloved (white latex gloves) hand pushing the button.

Of course the problem with a BG like that is that is becomes cluttered and draws attention from the main subject, so maybe the black was the best choice. BTW how did you make it so completely black?

I did not enter this challenge since I couldn't think of anything that would work. My sense of humour is more verbal (puns, one-liners, wordplay etc) but not so visual and I had problems with that. But you showed me the way: classic one-liners, just like a cartoon. So if I can visualise something that could be in The Farside then it'll probably work. (or simply photograph something out of the farside, hmm..... interesting idea).
Now I have one idea that could work, except it's about 2 weeks too late :(

Congrats again
and keep up the good work

ps sorry about the long post

Tall and Proud
by Artan

Comment:
something shouts: too much PS