Light as a Feather
by Shutter-For-Hire

Comment:
What a great finish! Awesome score!

Self Puzzling Portrait
by peter

Comment:
Fantastic! Congrats on your great score and your ribbon. You should be really proud of this photo!

Never Challenge the Alpha Wolf!
by basssman7

Comment:
So glad you chose this photo Ernie. :)
Congrats on an awesome score, and your ribbon!! Very, very well deserved!

And Now ???
by oldgrouse

Comment:
A nice idea for the photo.. To me, there are a few issues that distract from it though.

1) The background. I'm not sure if the carpet works as a background, especially in the front where the texture is very pronounced.
2) Sharpness. The photo overall seems to lack focus.
3) Contrast. There are a lot of blown highlights in the picture. Especially in the top.. It has lost all detail. If you don't know what a 'histogram' is, I would recommend reading up on it.
4) Lighting. The light source looks to be fairly harsh (Like a bright lamp close to the subject?). This is why the bright areas are too bright, and the shadows are too dark and harsh.
5) Composition. I actually find the composition to be the best thing about this photo. Everything is on nice angles, and you've followed the rule of thirds to add some visual interest.

Hope that helps!

Enigmas
by JeniY

Comment:
Nice. I see what you're trying to do with this photo and fitting it into the theme, and for me, it works.

I find the processing to be a bit heavy handed.. There are some very pronounced haloes around all of the heads which I find distracting.

Very nice, even light over the subjects though.

Puzzled; A Perplexed Cow
by JimiRose

Comment:
Why is the cow perplexed? It just looks like a cow looking at the camera to me.

To be totally honest, I think this is a really nice photo, but feels like a shoehorn to me. I would have definitely rated it higher if it was in a more fitting challenge.

Love is Puzzling
by CJinCA

Comment:
Interesting take on the challenge with the extreme closeup of the puzzle pieces. The composition with the joint between the pieces on the right and the missing piece on top adds interest. Nicely done.

The Final Piece
by M_Jayne

Comment:
Nice idea. I saw an image very similar to this on flickr, which IMHO was done better. I think the difference with that photo was that there was a better control to the light coming out.. This is pretty blown out, and blows out many of the peices around this one. Still a nice photo though.

February - Movie Characters - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)
by wishiwaslikeyou

Comment:
Hey! Another Clockwork Orange fan. :)

Summer Nights in July
by jeger

Comment:
Congratulations on an awesome finish Jonathan!