The Sleeping Shopper
by Montereykiddo

Comment:
when I crop this as a horizontal, eliminating the price tag and the out-of-focus tiedown, it snaps a whole lot better. Except for the distracting foreground, this one is very nice indeed.

Happy Days
by qmdi

Comment:
such a nice shot, at core. Oversharpened by a great deal, to the point of producing a halo between figure and ground. the slightly off-center cropping isn't working for me; all that space on the right is not helping the picture. I wish it were a bit more centered, and especially that I could see all of the basket.

Window on Main Street
by admart01

Comment:
I like the mood of this a lot. It's way out of the box.

Reflection of her smile
by shoyles

Comment:
Blocky tonalities and blown out highlights hurt this very appealing candid.

Gone Fishing
by PDavis

Comment:
This doesn't really feel like a candid to me; more of an abstract with a silhouetted figure. A nice shot regardless.

Donut Birthday Cake
by DougPaz

Comment:
Another true candid, and a warm & funny one. It leaves me wondering about the backstory; are the donuts a request, did someone forget to make a ccake, or did the dog eat the cake? Enquring minds want to know...

Distraught
by SDW

Comment:
In many ways this is quite powerful. It's marred by oversharpening, and I wish the DOF was dropping the background out more; this is extremely busy.

Rock Monsters
by MWitt

Comment:
cute, but ultimately no more than that for me.

'the fence painter'
by suemack

Comment:
A nice shot, but not one that grabs me and makes me take notice. Quite & contemplative, sure to please the mother...

When we were young...
by jin_tonic

Comment:
nicely composed, vibrant and vaguely disturbing. The one face turned right, as allt he others face left, is excellent, and that this face is crowned with spikes makes it even better. If I have a problem here, though, it is that it seems like the "object" of this picture is the pointing at whatever's happening off-frame to the left, and I'd think it would work better if the anomalous figure had a look of disgust or boredom, rather than the entirely neutral look he is wearing. Or is he a she?