Gerber Daisy
by amcfoto

Comment:
This is very nicely shot. The color gradient from center to outer edge shows off the light very well. Would like to see the center off-centered with a really low dof allowing something behind to fill in with a complimentary color and add some artistic interest to it, but is very nice as is.

Did you use a tripod or handhold this one?

Seagull_2334.jpg
by 2Shay

Comment:
I like this image just the way it is. The blurring of the wings is minimal and the detail in the rest does not appear to have been over 'neat imaged'

I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world/Life in plastic, it's fantastic/...undress me everywhere blabla
by Tiberius

Comment:
Concept: Humor: Stands even without the title, but is hurt by the composition.
Composition: Backlit background, shows too much fabric detail which becomes an element of the shot and hurts the overall. Crop/Negative space shows too much of the distracting fabric.
Challenge: Yes definitely. In fact redeeming quality here is the red cast on the main subject that lends a bit more interest to that area.

Calunga
by CEJ

Comment:
Concept: Good subject, very bad background choice.
Composition: The screen would have been better cropped to show no evidence of the window sill.
Challenge: Yes, definitely, but the background is so harshly lit and ultimately ugly as to detract from the potential that this image could have achieved.

Up Against A Brick Wall
by dphillips

Comment:
Challenge: Sil or Shadowcast? The very question will hurt this image, although technically a sil, in the 'purist's' minds, this will cost you.
Composition: There is an uneven lighting top to bottom that causes some distraction and lends a yellowish cast to part of the image.
Concept: Fails on interest level, but does not hurt or help the overall.

late night landing
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Concept: Nice idea, but composition detracts too much.
Composition: Good placement of subject and light, but very oof, with light streaming through the wings, hurting the challenge topic. Blur factor on background and subject make this seem very overprocessed on a ho-hum image.
Challenge: Almost. Too much light/detail in the subject.

Blue Mood & Moon
by Mona

Comment:
Subject: Torn on this one. It is minimalist and well balanced due to crop, but seems less than interesting which detracts from the whole.
Concept: Good Idea, perhaps the division (space) between the two is what is causing me to not appreciate this image as I should.
Challenge: Bit too much detail in the top portion of the branch. Almost side-lit which does not lend well to the concept of a sil.

Osprey with chick at Sundown
by coolhar

Comment:
Concept: Minimalist: Works.
Composition: Well Placed, border does not detract, nor help.
Subject: Is small, not messy considering the next could detract considerably. Sky looks surreal, almost photoshopped, but not out of the range of believable.
Challenge: Yup its a sil.
--- bumping up.

Goldie
by christie3

Comment:
Challenge: Not a sil.
Concept: Does not hurt or help.
Composition: Well placed, but seriously hurt by the overexposed background that did not achieve the intended effect.

Hoping For A Better Tomorrow
by muur88

Comment:
I rally like this image and expect it to do very well, some will harp on the centered highlight or political nature. As a red-blooded American I can't help but love this image and the emotional impact it provides. This is one that should be hanging on many walls.