angel
by jmritz

Comment:
The multiple arms echo the statues of multi-armed deities, the dull orange-brown glow combines with the soft treatment to generate a calm and meditative response. I think that is enhanced by having the face and expression of the subject clear enough to preceive easily. You are exploring a very interesting line of thought with your series in this side challenge, and the rest of us benefit.

crow
by yanko

Comment:
Very interesting moving from a thumbnail in which only the blurry hint of an image in a black square to a larger version in which the beak and eyes are sharp and the rest of the bird is defined well enough to be separate from the background (which is blurry, in fact). Very original contribution to the challenge, and a great image too.

Fresh
by xianart

Comment:
Using window light to illuminate a subject in an otherwise darker room nicely evokes the style of old painting in a European museum, but with a modern sensibility. The clean linens and facial expression fit the title well. Very enjoyable.

Fast Car
by Jutilda

Comment:
Lens flare? I thought it was just your monocle falling off. :)
Effective backgroud blur and soft focus effect.

Fast trailside snack (I know it's a stretch)
by VanBergen

Comment:
Not such a stretch at all. Still, I might have enjoyed this more in color.

swoosh
by whiteroom

Comment:
This is quite an intriguing composition. I doubt that abstracts have strict rules about right or wrong to determine what you should or shouldn't like. Still, the horizontal lines on the left (delivery dock door?) and the shape of the person's right foot take away attention from the bet parts of the image. Why have elements that drag this away from being totally abstract? If you crop those out (your choice on how much space to leave on the right), you end up with something that would feel right at home in the Museum of Modern Art, and that would easily draw viewers back for repeated long examination.

M A S K E D
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Wow. Almost half way through the month and here is yet another in-camera technique to get an interesting blur (even if the pointy ends were the opposite of unsharp). The result is fascinating. Ah, the things we do for art.

8/11/07 edited for spelling - caught it in reading Genie's quote.

Message edited by author 2007-08-11 18:41:53.

The Toy that Keeps on Eating
by jaysonmc

Comment:
Nice light, and a gentle gesture of girl toward horse, but I balk at considering a horse to be a toy.

My friend Mike
by GThumbtack

Comment:
Nice pose amd built-in fun expression, but the bright spot on the background, the harsh shadow, the grain/noise, and the uneven junction of the backdrop with the foreground are distracting.

Moxy's Lucky Day
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
Funniest entry of the lot. Certainly creative and interesting. With slightly greater depth of field I would have bumped it up to 8.