WANTED ... Better Dead Than Alive
by HeiSch

Comment:
A great photo. Good composition and use of shallow DOF... I assume the enemies here are weed and grass? Well done.

Freinds tonight enemies tomorow
by minihoigs

Comment:
Interesting take on the challenge. Photo is good, but the girls face appears to be a little blown out by the flash. The crop is a little too tight for my liking... loss of fingers is an issue for me. Only other issue is the red eye... given it´s a basic editing challenge, the only real option would have been to use red eye reduction... 1. assuming your camera has it and 2. assuming you didn´t already use it and this is what you still got. I like the concept and the idea, and I reckon this would have done much better if flash, crop, and red-eye´s were fixed.

Hammer & Lighbulbs
by Tom

Comment:
Great idea, and you´ve captured the moment of impact perfectly. Contrast and lighting is good, but it´s a touch soft for my liking.

Still My Couch of Choice
by hotpasta

Comment:
"The Prediction: Hopefully over 6 :( "

You're so modest. This is a brilliant shot and well deserving of the blue in this challenge. Congratulations... you continue to be an inspiration.

LOGICALLY
by pickster

Comment:
Ah... I take it you're an engineer. I used this very line yesterday. :)

Is there a slight tilt to this or is it just me? I'm going to assume the latter. This is one of the better "half full/half empty" submissions in the challenge. I think it's done well, but might have benefited from a less decorated glass, and if you'd waited until the bubbles in the OJ had gone... these details take away from the minimalism the rest of the image is conveying. Should do okay...

Expectations
by cebuloulou

Comment:
I think you might be wrong in this instance... reckon this will do better than 5.0000... but I have to say, I feel your pain. But, lets talk about the photo. A tad on the uninteresting side for my liking... there's not enough here to keep me looking. Don't get me wrong, it's a pretty scene, there's just no real subject that grabs the viewer. Colours are good, though I think I see a hint of pink in some of the clouds... I do like your tag line though, well and truly fitting for the challenge. I hope that you get above 5.0000, I honestly think it deserves to do better than that (especially taking into account the caliber of many of the other images in the challenge)

Now THAT's a Beer!
by K3Master

Comment:
Great photo that might suffer b/c of the somewhat distracting background and the tight crop at the bottom...

Focus, Patience, Excitment, Curiosity
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Excellent image and I'll go out on a limb here and say, this is the most deserving blue ribbon image for some time (IMHO). Well done Michelle.

The Haunting
by Lonni

Comment:
Probably suffered a bit coming on the heals of the Trees challenge. Other than the building in the background being a bit of a distraction, I can't really see why this wouldn't have done better than it did... the processing is excellent... the composition is good, it's sharp, there's interest... and the building isn't that much of a distraction... so, I put this down to voters being tired of trees. C'est la vie.

Southern Cross Station
by millsa

Comment:
A good image that would have been GREAT if there were trains on the left to balance those on the right... if only you didn't have security on your back when trying to take this... next time, take your wife and kids and they'll know you're not a professional photographer and will leave you alone... worked for me. I look forward to our ongoing battle in the FSM. Bring on the May FS :)