A Magazine in the Waiting Room
by Keith Maniac

Comment:
What a brilliant composition! It looks self-evident now that you've done it, but it would have been easy to get this all wrong, and you didn't. You got it exactly right, in my view. 8

Taking a break
by Jean

Comment:
I like everything about this photograph. Its deceptively casual character makes it easy to overlook the meticulous composition and expert execution that went into creating it. Which just goes to show how very good it is; this photographer is skilful enough that it isn't necessary to show off by getting in the way of the image. Mastery & maturity. 10

Siesta
by Imagineer

Comment:
I love the composition. It's a very appealing image, well seen and expertly executed. And the pigeon finishes it off perfectly. 9

Lazy Day Fishing
by scalvert

Comment:
There's something slightly staged about this photograph. Aha! I see what's wrong ...you don't have any bait! Bet you just bought those two fish at a fish shop. Seriously ... a very creative idea, nicely photographed. 8.

Tick Tock
by jeffzoet

Comment:
Sweet Home ...
Well, it's certainly different. Interesting & a bit strange. Gets your attention; that's worth at least 6.

Boxes
by utro

Comment:

Originally posted by utro: Thanks to everyone for their kind comments! I'm really grateful. I just hope it wasn't a fluke and I continue to produce better photos than my first two challenges :p

Well this was NOT necessarily better than your first two challenges, Alison. It is VERY good indeed, but I think your Bridge was even better, and I think maybe you might too. 'Course, this one sure scored much higher! But I don't imagine either one was a fluke.

Hidden During Voting
by e301

Comment:
You don't look much like you sound, Ed. I had pictured more oval eyes and perhaps a roguish touch of 5-o'clock-shadow towards the southern extremeties of the bag. The inscrutable expression is , however, exactly as I had anticipated. I really can't imagine how you managed to keep a straight face.

Ready to get my groove on.
by Pedro

Comment:
Howdy Pedro. No wonder I didn't get the shirt thing ... it's a movie! Alas I haven't seen it; I can't stand movies. Haven't been able to stomach a whole movie since Citizen Kane (I was at the premiere, if I recall). I still like your portrait though, & wish I could give you back the point I deducted for what I thought was just a goofy shirt. Please excuse my ignorance.

I Am My Work -- the Thorn that Weeps, & Holds the Sky Entire...
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Howdy Bear:
Can't figure out why some commentators didn't realise that if your reflection HAD appeared in the droplet, then it would NOT have met the challenge! I award a Silver Star, Bear (and a Purple Heart, I guess!)

Edit to remove response to a comment since withdrawn.

Message edited by author 2006-01-17 18:09:32.

blk
by Geocide

Comment:
Adam: This was my only 10. It has an artistic purity and durability that is by comparison so pitifully absent in most of the images that finished higher, including my own. I hope you will be consoled (if indeed you require any consolation) by the fact that several of the most discriminating commentators in the DPC community recognised the quality of your photograph. I am not of course referring to myself, but if you examine the comments list below, you'll quickly pick them out. Then again, I guess you already have; it takes one to know one!