Still just waiting for a bite
by Shrink

Comment:
This image evoked a wonderful feeling of stillness for me. The lake is completely still so that the splash emerges clearly.

... (silence)
by tapeworm_jimmy

Comment:

Originally posted by tapeworm_jimmy: In the final i cloned out the nose ring

I don't give a damn about the nose ring--I didn't even notice it. The important issues here are about the emotion and meaning behind the image. Is this about child abuse (as one of your commenters suggested)? Or is it a loving father clinging to a disturbed daughter in the throes of adolescent angst? Or did you intend this ambiguity to suggest the fine line between love and abuse?

In any case, this is a powerful image!

Circa 1740
by JuliBoc

Comment:
I really like this. The reflection of the room ADDS to the image for me; it shows the contrast between the ancient clock and the contemporary setting.

--DanW

Tempus Fugit
by jackal9

Comment:
Are you from Oklahoma? My grandparents were born in Poteau before Oklahoma became a state. I still have an old clock similar to yours that I inherited from them. I should try to take pictures of it. I really like what you have done with yours--it is a stunning image!

Daylight Surreal Time
by banmorn

Comment:
This really captures how I feel about the early arrival of DST! I'm fractured and disjointed.

circle framed
by sevilduvarci

Comment:
I love it!

This was one of my very few 10's in this challenge. You have TWO natural circles in your image and both of them have interesting things going on in them.

--DanW

Spitfire Wing
by sarsonuk

Comment:
This works but I wish you could have made the stuff on the wall even more OOF.

Dante's Inferno
by VitaminB

Comment:
This certainly has a shallow DOF but I don't see it as highlighting a subject. The first half of lines 100-102 are in focus, the middle of 103-105, and the ends of 106-109. What are you trying to say?

Time Stands Still for Two
by Nikolai1024

Comment:
I hate selective desat. There wasn't much motion to stop. So why am I giving this a ten? Because it is a wonderful image and a brilliant interpretation of the challenge.

"Standing on my own two feet"
by Limbo

Comment:
Every kid is making progress but this is the only image in the challenge that I think successfully conveys the difficulties and successes of moving along the developmental path. (10)