Every man is his own worst enemy.....
by moolacoola

Comment:
Yikes! Grim message here. On the upside, not every man abuses the syringe...

Technically, I'm looking for the tourniquet? I guess not everyone uses a tourney...

If you must play, decide on three things: the rules, the stakes, and when to quit (Chinese Saying)
by PurpleFire

Comment:
Sounds like a good saying. I will have to ask my friends to see if I can learn it in Chinese. Too bad we can't have Unicode or Big-5 characters in the image titles and comments...

The picture looks really nice, well lit, nice sharp and contrasty lettering. Good composition.

I feel like I am missing a bit of connection to the meaning of the title though based on the content of the picture...

Head over heels..
by Ragga2000

Comment:
Nice idea. You ALMOST nailed the execution. This would have been really cool if you could have softened the wrinkles out of the sheeting and isolated just her face and the footsies.

Other nitpicks include the low photo dimensions and the overly close crop at the big toe...

Her hair and face look quite nice.

Lolita
by mannjudit

Comment:
Questions I asked myself when viewing this picture:

How old is she? Why does she look so uninterested? Is she jaded because she is an unhappy exploited youth? Is the flat, dull lighting trying to complement her expression?

I'm sorry, but there is context missing in this picture that I am missing.

To me, she looks quite a bit older than the expression "lolita" would typically encompass. She doesn't look like an exploited underage street walker.

I will give the benefit of the doubt though...

Birds of a feather flock together
by jdannels

Comment:
This looks really cool. Birds are so hard to catch in flight. Much more so two of them.

I'd love to know how you managed to get the sun looking like that. Do you have some sort of funky filter or something?

It'll only hurt for a minute!
by Nowaytotell

Comment:
Yikes, this is kind of a scary picture! I'm not sure what the stitching job is intended to be, and it looks like someone has already been at it.

Compositionally it's ok, albeit a bit soft in the sharpness on the pliers, but conceptually, this picture bothers me... I almost couldn't choose a number for the vote.

Birds of a feather flock together
by lentil

Comment:
This almost could have worked for rhythm too!

Dressed To The Nines
by PleasantDreams

Comment:
As a guy who has been known to cut a rug here and there and has his own set of vintage 1950's saddle shoes, I'm digging the style here, but photographically, it's got some issues.

Direct flash caused strong shadowing. The BG is somewhat dismal (big white sheets are usually preferred over security signs and birdhouses). The WB is wrong, causing a blue cast (which has done some really bad things to happen throughout the picture, but especially in the flesh tones.... this might also have been the fault of auto levels? I find that it doesn't like skin tones much) and it appears oversharpened, particularly in the grass and the pinstripes in our hep cat's zoot.

It seems swing is still hanging on.

Keep swingin' and keep shootin'!

Drink & Drive
by amit_saha

Comment:
Interesting title.

I wonder how many others will catch on the twist of having it stated as a positive "drink and drive" vs "Don't Drink and Drive"...

It then becomes "drink and drive and you get this"

Very nicely encapsulated and well presented with a strong urban PJ feel.

I feel that the B&W treatment is a good choice here, but I'm finding something about it a bit uncomfortable. Maybe it's the sharpness. Maybe it's the slight jaggies in the taxi... Have you tried using multiple step-downs for resize for web instead of one big jump? It's not always perfect, but it can sometimes help. There is of course an actual limit to certain things in 640x480...

'Til I'm Blue in the Face
by nards656

Comment:
It's a pretty clear portrait, but I'm having trouble with linking it to the meaning of the saying *doing something* until you are blue in the face... The portrait is too restive for me to link with this saying. The face is not nearly blue enough either.