Growing Up
by pitsaman

Comment:
Grr - another favorite lands mid pack. What was the problem with the voters this time? Not enough feet for them? Lovely image, says so much, those little feet so far off the ground.

Tired Little Boy
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
Thi is lovely and should have placed higher - I think too many voters get hung up on the crisp image to appreciate the softer ones. Soft is so appropriate for a sleeping child.

Feet & Up
by jjbeguin

Comment:
This one should have won! It is just wonderful!

Out of Uniform
by FSCNitro

Comment:
uh oh - this is going to suffer from the uncalibrated monitor syndrom. It is very dak on my lap top, I canonly make out yhr orangr foot in th middle . White balance adjustment might help in addition to levels and curves. It seems to orange and too dark.

Corn on the Cob
by Cam

Comment:
these are the ugliest feet yet! nice photo though

Train with pearls
by hannafate

Comment:
oops - cut off the smokestack - othewise lovely - I even like the border

Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head!
by dahved

Comment:
Cute - more attention to detail would have made it better. take the black thing off her neck (her walkman head phones?) tilt the umbrella so it shows better. Focus on her face and let the background blur if it has to. I think the focus problem might be camera shake, not DOF. Try a tripod, or try metering on her face and keeping the shutter half depressed and recompose the shot. Besides being out of focus, her face is too dark. Since you want the background to look stromy, it would be ok to lighten her a little but not too much. It looks like there are more interesting clouds right behind her head than the clouds you have chosen to show. I love the concept and I love her expresiion and her upward glance. 7

Miniture wooden bowl with lid
by kirtiebu

Comment:
hmmm - I hate a tilted horizon and it isn't clear if this is tilted or straight so it just ends up being unsettling. The foreground feels off while the background feels straight. You'd be surprised how many points you can lose when the viewer feels slightly disoriented by the horizon line. Either tilt a lot for effect or get it straight.

Miniture surf board - or - " Sink Surfing"
by graphicfunk

Comment:
This is really nice. Seems like half the people got the miniature part but forgot that it also had to be an interesting photo. Here a clever idea is also a well executed image that tells a funny story. Here is what like: focus, movement both of water and implied movement of the surfer, colors muted blue contrasts with the colorful surfer, thirds, leading lines are esp nice: Since the faucet is the first visual draw, the image reads from right to left which is a more dynamic direction. so, the faucet leads in, the water lines lead left, the angle of the surfer leads back into the image indead of continuring the line out. As soon as the voters eye is lead off the page his brain thinks "Done, next please". If you can draw the quick viewer back in he'll take another look and appresicate your picture more.

Addiction
by digistoune

Comment:
White balance? It is awfully pink/lavendar.