Beginning of Trouble
by crockettdl

Comment:
Very cute.

Beginning of beauty
by arpita

Comment:
I love the colors. But I find the photo a little empty for my tastes.

In the Beginning, When We Were Younger
by danceswithadream

Comment:
The lighting here is beautiful and the expressions are strong. It appears to me that the subjects are a little unsharp. I find the spaces at the left and right to be extraeneous And I think I'd have cropped out the looming bar. I'd also have rotated the photo so it was level, although it does feel more dynamic tilted. I'd have liked it better if the shoulder of the one child did not block the face of the fourth.

The Heavens and The Earth
by e301

Comment:
Yoho! where is this? It's a fantastic photo location, photographed at the most flattering time of day.
This reminds me of a number of famous old landscape paintings some, I think, by eighteenth century American painters, others by the Dutch masters. (Not up on my art history, would appreciate help here.)

If I scored this by what I see on my monitor, I'd be hard pressed to give it more than a 6 or 7. But it is so strongly evokative of big, beautiful canvasses that I think I can push it up a little. I doubt I'll be voting with the crowd, but what's new.

...and as the sea washes the shore, it turns every day into a new beginning.
by andri

Comment:
It's a great photo, but it's about footpints on a beach. One footprint; that's the beginning of a journey. A whole beach full of footprints and we're off somewhere else entirely.

Simple Truth
by ebertdj

Comment:
About as truthful as the leaf on that apple is real. Truth is never simple - just easier to remember. Nice apple. The green of the leaf is the perfect complement.

Elevations
by metoecus

Comment:
The Prinz Prints. It fits the challenge, but photos of blueprints are really tough to make interesting; and this strikes me as no exception.

Helping Hand
by aznym

Comment:
Are we to understand that the youth is learning to play guitar? It really is a beautiful photo.

...the world was an unwritten symphony.
by timboydwhite

Comment:
To stave off harsh criticism, photo nothing of note. I like the rhythm of the blank pages, the harmonious colors. Okay, I'll give it a rest.

In the Beginning, Perfection Was Acheived.
by Physics_Guru

Comment:
I find the fender of the auto very distracting, and would have cropped it off without hesitation. Nice model, nice expression. And given the difficulties posed by lighting, it's well lit. The eaves and downspout still pose problems because they are the only places in the photo where high contrast exists and the eye is drawn from the subject to this place out at the edge of the photo...