guilt on a stick
by MichaelC

Comment:
I love the idea of the shot and the angle, but it's still so dark. I'd be curious what it would look like with the interior of the facility brighter. It's possible that you're getting hurt quite a bit by the 800 pixel limit. Maybe it would be better if we could see it at 1600, and the darkness wouldn't affect it so much. 5 as is, but probably could have been a 7 shot.

Well hello there rainbow sprinkles... have you met my tummy?
by O'Holleran

Comment:
I like this one a lot. I kind of wish that the cupcakes behind were going off more at an angle instead of straight behind. I would be curious if it would have improved it, or just been different. I like what the dof does to the colors of the back cupcakes. The only nitpick is the area between the front two cupcakes -- I'd be curious what that would look like lighter. The shadow seems to be out of keeping with the bright, cheerful shot. All nitpicks, though. 7 for the photograph. +1 because what you did with the photograph really made me want the cupcake. There may be prettier desserts on here, but this one made my mouth water. -8-

Overload
by Neat

Comment:
I think this is one of those shots that need to grow on you. I like the processing. But the composition is bothersome in the beginning. My eye was split between the lamp and the kid, and neither really held it.

It gets better the more you go back to it. The lamp is really quite nice, but I want it to play more of a part in the story. Since it's in the upper right corner, I'd love him to be in the lower left corner, turned a bit more. I want the light to be casting a warm circle glow on the scene below and have it's light play more of a part. Right now they're just too disconnected. I'd even think of having the screen on on the laptop, like you caught the moment when he just fell asleep. The screen wouldn't show anything, but the lighting might be interesting to bring the eye more over the the kid.

I'm also wondering whether it would be better flipped. Since people read left to right, sometimes, when you an image that splits your eye, it's more effective leaving the last look at the main subject. (a lot of images don't work flipped -- but it's a though.)

ooh -- yup -- flipping it made it much more about the kid and the technology (I had to go try it :)

Cheese
by Kelli

Comment:
Absolutely spectacular set of photos!! What great smiles. :)

Gotcha!
by Jutilda

Comment:
Love the idea on this one. Love the shot on the right and in the center. Wish there was just a little more on the shot on the left. (backlit for a outline, or just a hint more of the face -- not much at all, just a tad more...)

Play? Pounce?

Street Jamb
by JamesDowning

Comment:
I'm struggling on this one. The title has me thinking door, frame, things holding things up, but the upper left doesn't lend itself to those. So I'm stumped. The shot in the upper left is my fav. I like the lines quite a bit. I also like the idea of the different tones, but they don't quite work for me here. I like how the shot on the right makes it look like the side view of the two shots on the left.

Word
by colorcarnival

Comment:
hehehe... water, I assume? I love the center shot!!

Chocolate Chiboust with dried apples, honey cooked pears and lemon thyme
by mrbig65

Comment:
There are a few problems with this shot. One of the biggest problems are the harsh highlights. If you're using natural light, you might want to hold up a white sheet in front of your light source. I don't know if it would fix it, but it might minimize it. Or simply work your angles to avoid the highlights.

The crop on the top and bottom is a little awkward. Since a small amount of the apple and the chocolate is cut off, it looks a little more like a mistake instead of a conscious decision. Many times it's better to take a bigger cut than just a tiny amount.

The color looks a tad off. Was your plate really a peachy pink, or was it leaning more towards the whites? You may have a color cast issue going on.

-5-

I N D U L G E
by IAmEliKatz

Comment:
Not quite sure what to do with this one. I like the idea, but the oof food and hand is bothering me. I like that it adds a sense of movement, but it seems to be in between comfort zones -- either more blurred or less blurred would work better, imo. Also, the tinting of the photo clashes with the dessert. Yet I like the idea of the colored tinting, but the color just seems off.

I want to give it more than a 5, but as it is, that's where it ends up. But it could have gone as high as an 8 if things flowed a bit better.

A Girl's Favorite
by jusjoshing

Comment:
I really like the idea of this. The strawberry is nicely done, and the lips are nice. However, the rest is not working quite right for me. I think it's because the grey makes it look a little dead (literally) -- it's such a strange color for a person. I think I would have preferred just a very high key skin tone, slightly desat. This is just a guess, but a living, warm color, but really high key I think would have worked so much better. Plus the back fingers being so blown makes them just glow and stand out.

It's a 6 as it is, but I think this could have been an 8 or 9 shot.