Private Celebration - First Grandaughter
by troberge

Comment:
LOVE it! i love that you captured the granddaughter looking into the camera, and grandpa looking so lovingly at her. great composition, nice b&w tones, nice use of negative space. this image just warms my heart and makes me happy. hope you finish really high.

Smile your everlasting smile
by TUBORG

Comment:
this photo makes me feel happy and content. great dof. lovely warm tones in your color treatment. i want to know who/what your model is smiling at, it draws me in to the picture. very nicely done!

Celebrate Nature! (and the end of Deer Hunting Season)
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
okay, you and i are probably getting faulted for the same thing...the title is what makes the picture qualify for the challenge, and not the picture itself. but hey, that's life, right? now for the pic. i think it's beautiful. i like the dof, i love the palate of colors. i like how the doe's leg is picked up just a bit, and how she's looking into the camera. there's even light in her eyes, so that's cool too. a nicely composed shot that makes me feel happy to know that this doe gets to exist in peace for one more year!

It's A Girl !!!
by Transit

Comment:
FUN! at first i missed the smoke effect and thought the picture was a bit blurry/washed out, but then i got it. love the action shot of the cigar! love your model! Fun fun fun! ; )

Happy Halloween
by joezl

Comment:
the pumpkins look ready for watching some football! : )
i would be interested in seeing how this photo would look with deeper orange tones...the lighting/reflection of the pumpkin skins makes them appear to be a bit washed out. i also wonder how this shot could be framed to add more energy and visual interest...perhaps taken at an angle to cary the pumpkin line 2/3rds of the way across the image field?

Blue Angels
by blanceric

Comment:
the orange looks oversaturated...to the point of being distracting, in my eye. with the grey sky, i wonder how this picture would have looked as a b&w?

Sox Win!!!
by rayg544

Comment:
hilarious! the poor guy had to wait for so long... ; )
fun photo, nice crop and composition, i would almost like to see sharper b&w in the saturation, to pull out greater detail and definition in the image (e.g. leaves & model's hair against background) but this is a nice happy fun photo. hope those sox keep spanking the yanks!

109,839 Strong
by Maverick

Comment:
cool shot, with lots of groovy faces and emotions. it would have been so much more powerful had that guy in the center not looked into the camera when you took it...dang! you can feel the celebration just looking at this photo, though! fun, like the graininess to the photo--makes it feel like a newspaper pic. does the title refer to the size of the audience?

I Found The Biggest One!
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
great picture composition and background. the model's expression is awesome, and that certainly is a whopper of a pumpkin! the lighting (particularly in the face) feels a bit overexposed, which washes him out and weakens the photo. i would love to see this photo edited to tone the brightness down just a bit...it's such a great shot!

35 years - still going strong!
by Riponlady

Comment:
35 years is certainly something to celebrate! such a sweet couple, but i wish i could see more of his face. the image also appears a bit fuzzy in the faces...
i would be interested to see how this picture looks with a darker background and tighter/closer composition to really highlight the love and joy in their faces.