Pure & Innocent
by Terramar

Comment:
Well done! Great geometry & composition, nicely captured & processed.

Pure Sass
by toddhead

Comment:
Almost submitted one like this myself - yes, sometimes those girls can be pure sass! Nice framing & the dof works well here...

The Art of Arrangement
by bdenny

Comment:
Very nice!

designing perfect lives
by bdenny

Comment:
This is great - I love the texture! People obviously got hung up on some of the technical imperfections here as it should have finished higher, IMHO...

Water to wine (A tribute to Master Funk)
by thegrandwazoo

Comment:
Oh man - I'm now so glad I went with the idea I came up with rather than doing this one!

You did an absolutely fantastic job and I'm tickled pink that I won't be compared to it - excellent! <<10>>

Message edited by author 2007-06-20 01:08:35.

Step Into Another Dimension
by The_Dentist

Comment:
Congrats! I'm very pleased to see that this was yours...

Nobody Buys Me Flowers
by redmoon

Comment:
Well, you're no stranger to the top ten club, but I'm very pleased to see that this one made it there!

It's an excellent piece of work and I knew it would do well - congrats!

shadows
by roz

Comment:

Originally posted by shamer: awesome find (or idea?) but horrible bokeh! The far back has great color, but the near background is unpleasing...

Boy, I sorta sound like a jerk there - ha ha! I really dug those background colors & the shadow, but for whatever reason, my eye was fixated on those red highlights & box-blur nature of the bokeh here. Hey, I still voted a 5 on it (better than a lot in this challenge - let's just say I generously used both ends of the voting spectrum...). I think all those little bits made the image a little too busy for me - this would be an excellent candidate for selectively softening while adding heavy doses of dodging/burning to get the composition down to it's core imagery.

reflection in a cafe door
by roz

Comment:
Roz, this is really neat to look at - I dig the storytelling going on here. I think it could use a little vignette or vignette + blur vignette, though - help the eye settle on the subject, you know? Sorry, the critic in me just can't shush sometimes...

Oh, BTW, thanks for the barrage of flattering commentary on my recent run of good luck! :~)

Pair of Domes
by genghis

Comment:
Congrats on the top 20 - I thought this was an excellent image...