The Day is Behind Me
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
Very fun!!

Your old life won't always fit you
by vawendy

Comment:

Originally posted by tanguera: Yes, selfies are really, really tough :) Love the lighting, Wendy. You did a great job with that. How did you light your back?

two strobes -- one turned up more lighting the front, one behind me and to my left lighting the back. I had to adjust a lot in post processing because it was quite underexposed.

The Duel
by gyaban

Comment:
Ok -- I already said it was spectacular. But how in the heck do you select around all of those hairs!! I got soooo frustrated working on the squirrel...

Leaving Chinatown
by insteps

Comment:
Oooh! Nice!

An era long ago
by Judi

Comment:
Drat. I'm just not finding a flaw on this one. I assume the underexposure? But that is brilliant. Centered? That works. Looking away from camera? I love those types of shots. This just is very effective. Thinking a 7 because it just doesn't seem like there's a flaw. But since this is the first time thinking through how in the heck to vote on this one, may come back and bump it.

Galactic aberrations (reflections in fish-eye)
by Sisto

Comment:
Another one that I'm not sure what to do with. First glance is fascinating. The top shape is incredible, and so is the second one down. I'm wanting it to be brightened up a little, perhaps just upping the contrast? Just thinking out loud, because it really calls to me, yet something seems not quite right. 7 for the initial interest. Not 8 because it doesn't hold up as long. Will come back later to take another look.

The Day of the Triffids
by GeneralE

Comment:
Not sure what to do with this one. Didn't care for it the first or second time through the challenge, but the more I look, the more I like the colors. And the feel. Something doesn't quite work with the main flower. But the rest has grown on me more. First voting pass: 6 for changing my mind.

Kilroy
by herfotoman

Comment:
Ok -- I think this is genius! Something that I don't know if I would have liked as much without the challenge, but the eyes are so great, that I'm hoping I would have at least looked a little longer and not dismissed it. I would have loved it cropped down from the top just a small amount (the top of the diagonal line in the upper right).

-10-

Basking
by Ammie

Comment:
Ok -- I'm trying to comment 100%, and this is my first photo. This might make me change my mind and only comment on one, depending how it goes. :)

I assume the flaw is the lens flare. First, I no longer think of flare as a flaw. But I look and see if it enhances the photo. I'm not quite sure on that. Part of me thinks it's a distraction, but part of me thinks it leads nicely to the dog, brings out the fact that there's some nice rays there that I may not have noticed, and moves the eye around. So it ends up balancing out the positive and the negatives of it, and so I'm voting on the photo -- 7

Big Change in a Tiny Package
by Lydia

Comment:
:D

Love the photographer comments. :)

I almost believed it for a second!!

Congrats on the top 10.