Into the void (vacuum)
by redpanda

Comment:
I didn't get this at first, even with the title (I'm thick, though, so don't worry about that); but the loss of focus on all of the stones (?) did bother me, though, and overall the image just didn't reach me. Still bumped you up a bit after I realized what it was!

Breath's Entrance
by posthumous

Comment:
This didn't really do much for me; I liked the concept (a lot), but the severe use of the blur was too much. Something in focus would have given me a point to, well, focus on, and that would have helped it in my eyes.

Guitar Player
by aira

Comment:
Composition was the killer for me here. Two things that bothered me were the microphone crossing the guitar player's face, and the inclusion of so much of the floor at the bottom of the image. Cropping out the feet (were they supposed to show he was entering? if so, it didn't do that for me), and moving to the left a bit (so that stand was out of the way) would have improved the shot a lot for me.

First Steps to Cancer-Free
by lauraodom

Comment:
This image didn't really work for me; it's not the subject matter, but the focus is a bit off in the plants in the center, as well as (and this is more important to me) in the wording of the sign. I can tell there's emotion here from the subject matter, but the color minimized the emotion for me.

The winds of Scotland
by dd1989

Comment:
Things are moving here, but I don't see anything as a sharp subject - I couldn't really find a subject at all. I like the colors, but I probably would have cropped out the statue on the right (doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the image to my eyes).

Flutter By
by ShannonLee

Comment:
I like the image, though I may have liked a bit more contrast (I may not have to, I'd have to see it to know for sure, and the sky might have prevented it, as it's pretty bright already), but I don't get a feeling of motion from it.

Office Warrior
by Mark

Comment:
I wasn't sure what to think of this image; clear subject, blurred background, but it just wasn't interesting subject matter to me, and the background is so blurred it almost isn't there as more than color - the image doesn't convey a feeling of motion to me.

the way the ball bounces
by kwalls

Comment:
Really nice attempt here, but nothing is quite sharp enough for me to pull out; the ball is close, and I hope that's what you were going for, but the composition doesn't let me see very much in terms of motion (the crowd is too far back, and just looks out of focus to my eyes).

Gulls in Flight, Winter Dawn
by Bear_Music

Comment:
This is a really interesting image to look at, though I don't see the use of the motion panning technique in it (marked it down for that, sorry); I am very curious how it was done, and I like the constant shade of blue that runs throughout it.

Sea Breeze
by BarkingMad

Comment:
Good image, with reasonable clarity given the circumstances, but it's hard to get motion panning with water as a background, and while I know the waterskier here is in motion, I don't get a feeling of motion from the photo. The water at his feet is also very bright, though honestly I'm not sure you could have done anything about that.