The Captain
by Falc

Comment:
The matching textures between his skin and the leather cap are marvellous. Lighting and tight crop also excellent.

Basics of the Game
by Germaine

Comment:
Easily the coolest sports photo I've seen for a long time! Catching all four hoofs and the ball in the air is amazing enough, but fitting them all into this tight crop and shallow DOF makes for an incredible photo. I think you've also chosen wisely to include this much foreground. My first instinct was to slide the window down on the screen because I thought the image would look better with less foreground, but it takes away from the feeling of the horse being truly airborne. 10

Lollypops
by whiteroom

Comment:
The expression says it all: life is good! Also great use of deep focus, Gregg Toland would have been proud of this shot.

Evening Cruise
by Kivet

Comment:
Classic composition and the colors and contrast work very well, making the white sail look luminous. But the horizon looks tilted (maybe just a curve to the lake, but it still makes the image feel tilted). Also, those two birds in the center are too small to add interest, but big enough to be distracting (and they are easy to edit out).

Field of Dreams
by Pedro

Comment:
Fabulous concept, and I love the irony of the dour expressions in this 'field of dreams'. This image is just two details away from a 10: The cloud in the upper right corner pulls the eye away from the subjects, and the horizon going through the heads just doesn't work for me (higher vantage point with their heads entirely below the horizon would have been best).

Pollen Tongue
by Graydog

Comment:
Excellent color contrast and DOF!

Piercing Eyes
by Chiqui

Comment:
Yes the eyes are lovely, but her skin looks mottled, presumably due to some postprocessing

Kustom Ford Cruzer
by alzart

Comment:
The color-contrast between the red paint and blue reflections is excellent! Great composition too. Only thing missing is for the lights to be on!

My youngest Beautiful Daughter
by Gunnsi

Comment:
Sweet looking kid, but too much neatimage/noise ninja

Bride
by Sonifo

Comment:
Lovely, but a bit overprocessed