Blue Skies, Beach Sand - Colorado Sand Dunes
by K-Rob

Comment:
What a totally whacky angle ... I love it! Love that you cut your image in half, the over-saturated sky and those tiny little people scrambling up the sand dune. It all works perfectly together, plus, you met the challenge. In my top five this week :)

Honest Work
by sher

Comment:
This remained one of my favs throughout the challenge, congrats on the well-deserved ribbon :)

Metal To Metal
by wayne9232

Comment:
Great representation of the challenge + great photo = well-deserved ribbon. Congrats :)

Vocalist
by Konador

Comment:
Congrats, Ben! Awesome shot. I'm still rooting for a red ribbon for you, but regardless, it's a great shot :)

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Battlefield
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
You met the challenge, even though canon and tree would've been the first two words to come to mind for me. B&w / duotone often works well for battlefield / canons / old kind of photos, I'm not sure it works here. The canons are merging too much into the background for me, but I think with color the sky would've probably been too blown out and gray. A tough choice. Maybe even come back in different light (if possible). I do like the composition and framing.

Abandoned
by JB707

Comment:
Yep, you met the challenge here (Boat). The colors are nice, and old, derelict items are often fun to photograph. I wonder why you included the powerlines and the tower on the left. Deliberately? Or would moving to your left and maybe having the boat higher up in the frame have given you a more interesting shot? Did you try that angle? Btw, you did go out at the right time, the "golden hours" and your lighting is wonderful :)

B-MOVIE - Invasion of the Big Blue Bugs (and even larger fingers)
by Imagineer

Comment:
Well, you've already commented on "doing the out of the ordinary" thing and converting to negative. While you meet the challenge (bug), as a photo, it is not so appealing to me. I love macro and close-up photography, but I mostly like it looking natural. Also, I would've never recognized a finger here if you hadn't said so. On the plus side, I think you have a much more interesting original to work from and not converting to negative would be a big improvement in my mind. After all, it's always cool to catch those bugs on "film", you see so much more of them then you see in real life. :)

Budding Bookworms Browsing Books Beside Bookcase
by Sappy

Comment:
Plenty of "B"s in your shot, so you definitely meet the challenge. From a photographic point of view, while you probably had to take the opportunity and take the shot fast (unless you encouraged the kids to read like that), there are many things to look out for that might make for a better photo. The reflection of the flash, cutting off the kid's legs and taking the photo from your eye-level rather than theirs are the biggest ones to me. Try take the pic from their level and somewhat from the side (or without the flash) to see the difference. With all that said and done, they are very cute on how they are picking and reading their books, definitely a keeper for the family album.

Bug and Bloom
by Jacko

Comment:
So, despite this being a bug & bloom shot, you've made it into my top 5 ;) Actually, I've been known to like bugs & blooms. You met the challenge (twice). I love that you've only included a quarter of the flower, that the white petals blur a bit towards the background and that your bug has red wings to match the flower!!! Plus, the sharpness and focus is tack-on. Border and background both compliment the shot nicely. Nothing I would change, a shot I would've been proud to take. :)

Bang!
by Riva

Comment:
Well, you are skirting the edge of meeting the challenge, but I won't quibble over your interpretation. Fireworks are hard to photograph. In this image, the center is very much overexposed and the rest underexposed. There was a good discussion on photography of fireworks in the forums the other day. I do like the line of smoke pointing upwards, that's a nice inclusion.