Catch the rays
by agwright

Comment:
Fabulous quality here - and great texture - can almost feel the fur of the cat. There's real transparency to this, as though nothing has got in the way of your vision.

Obscured Perspective
by ellamay

Comment:
Like this very much - would love to see more detail around the porthole (I guess it is). I get the string impression she can't actually see through there at all well, makes for an interesting image - like a girl in a bubble.

Fancy's Wish
by patriciabrown2001

Comment:
Whoa - this is a most creepy photograph - I think it's the hair, and the chipped paint on the face, but it gave me a shiver when i saw it.

A Mother's Love
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Given the challenge, this ought actually to be a very creepy photograph: inside what? My presumption being that the photographer is hiding somehow, or concealed, and therefore elements of stalking, and kidnapping and murder are brought to the image. Especially creepy given the over-romantic treatment of the scene. However ...

I think I'm bringing that to this shot, rather than being shown it: some suggestion of a window or of concealment would have helped, maybe. Otherwise it's just a good portrait scene - no, a very very good one - that seems to have been shoehorned into this challenge. You're still getting a seven though, as it's a wonderful portrait - worthy of the Agfa competition I'd have thought - which is a mark I never give to non-challenge-meeting shots.

Backyard Buddy
by karmat

Comment:
hello from CC world Karma

Well, I guess this got pretty thoroughly talked about in the forums, so i don't know that I have much to add to my thoughts as expressed then.

Two things I will put here though, more relative to the reason it scored as it did rather than your photography - I'm sure you got the shot you wanted, and technically there's nothing to criticise.

Firstly i think it was unclear what the hell this was: some of the comments show that, and I had the same reaction - is this some kind off cuddly toy? So i think you perhaps needed to crop it less closely, or show more of it.

Secondly, location: it could really be anywhere, couldn't it? I'd have tried to include something that clearly placed it in a garden, as i think that is required by the challenge.

If you could have achieved both those things and still kept the detail of the furriness of it I think you'd have had a winner.

Good luck

Ed

Triptych
by zeuszen

Comment:
Wonderfully odd capture: it bothers me slightly that in such a geometrric composition you've taken a slightly off-centre view-point, otherwise excellent work.

almost, but not quite... right
by chalcone

Comment:
beautifully shot - though obviously doesn\'t actually meet the challenge, despite your title. A good enough shot for me not to pull yyou down more than a single point for that though - 8. er ... 9 then. Any chance you could let me know about the lighting for this?

Going Up?
by dsidwell

Comment:
Whoa - knock out stuff. Nailed it - I'm hugely impressed. If this doesn't win I'll eat my hat.

PS. don't actually have a hat, but hey.

THE ORANGE HALL
by postit

Comment:
This almost works for me: though i think it needs more careful lighting for such a specific study: at least some fill from the left, to show some detail on the frame; if you could have softened the light from the right too, just to reduce the harshness of those glares that might have helped also.

Sweet Dreams
by glimpses

Comment:
You get lots of points for a disturbingly odd photo - I mean that, this is very affecting. You lose some unfortunately because I don't see any relevance to the challenge