"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment:
This is a glorious picture! You timed it perfectly. :)

Emulating Cindi - Day 1
by alfresco

Comment:
Gorgeous!

pain
by thegrandwazoo

Comment:
So here I am, expecting some transcendent levitating mystical thing, and WHAM. Right between the eyes.

Or, uh, on the eyes. And mouth.

day 1
by Elvis_L

Comment:
I'll go along with cryingdragon. Not only poker, but a dark alley.

Day 1 at work
by cryingdragon

Comment:
Ahhh ... NOW I see you.

You should swap out your profile pic. ;)

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment:
I think this is terrific! I'm truly baffled as to why it scored so low.

The title works on so many levels. No, Tweety's not a chicken in the sense of the type of bird, but the composition makes it clear he's a bit of a chicken in the sense of yellow and coward!

Going in my favorites. :)

King Kong's Next Fling
by lucienaw

Comment:
This seems to be identical to "Reach for the Wood" from the Fress Study XII challenge, which would mean a DQ for both.

But looking at it as a photo ... it doesn't really grab me. Maybe with higher contrast, it would. I think it also might benefit from not as tight a crop. Part of the interest seems to be the contrast in size between the two wooden figures, so I'd like to see more of the larger one.

However, unlike in the Free Study, I'll give you a point for meeting this difficult challenge in a creative way.

Don't Even Think About It
by skewsme

Comment:
Great title to match the bug's expression!

Garden Study
by jrjr

Comment:
6 for composition and color. With sharper focus on the eyes, this could've been an 8.

Relax
by TooCool

Comment:
Nice! Hope you have another take for the rule of thirds challenge. :)