Fire in the blizzard
by vjoz

Comment:
This is a great shot. I love the dark negative space above the fire. 10.

Aerial Assault
by moodville

Comment:
This is the best of the bird shots in this challenge. You almost captured an emotion of the bird here. Good job! 10.

Fountain of Youth
by dsa157

Comment:
This is a great idea. Did you use a flash to "freeze" the water that way? Your lighting and composition and focus are right on the money. I hope this makes top 5! 10 from me.

Break!
by wingy

Comment:
Definitely one of my favorites of the challenge. I love the crispness of this shot, and the obvious action. Nice break, by the way! 10.

Harp Carol
by sagestudio

Comment:
Excellent use of a shallow depth of field. I think your plane of focus is very well placed on that front finger, and the colors are nice, as well. Nice!

Nestled
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This shot did fairly well, and I can see why. Black and White was a good choice for this, as it really brought out the simplicity. Perhaps the contrast/lighting made the image a little flat, keeping it from reaching the "6" mark.

I think the composition is perfect. I like how you have the trees in the front like that.

Congratulations on a great shot!

Steve

Yes, I Have Money; Now What?
by librodo

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Personally, I thought this shot should have done much better. I love the vibrant colors here, and I love the motion blur even more. One thing I find sort of interesting is the little girl in the upper right of the composition - challenge topic aside, she is really the mystery of this shot for me.

I guess people wanted to see the flowers and such in focus, which could have been nice. However, you have done an excellent job of processing and composing your shot.

Steve

$20.00 to the first person to correctly guess what these are. One guess per comment.
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Spools of thread?

Can You Taste Shape?
by adine

Comment:
This is a fantastic idea! The backlighting is very well done. Congrats!

Finger-tip Solution
by GP

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

There are lots of good things to say about this image. I like your lighting - the shadows resulting from a single light-source are very pleasing. The shadow of your hand is making an accusatory gesture to the garlic. The composition is well thought-out. The color Red is a great contrast against the gum.

A couple of very minor issues: As you know, your garlic is just a tad bright - not enough to hurt your image, though. The major problem I had was not being able to tell what that thing was resting on your finger until I read your comments. At first, I thought maybe it was a vitamin supplement for garlic, and this was a poster advertising the health benefits of garlic pills, free from the smelly breath. Anyway, all around good shot!

Steve