Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
by jagar

Comment:
Oh God, I was saying to myself: how can he find always new situations in his small village and then I realized you've taken the shot here in Italy. No matter where you are, you can always find what you are searching for - congrats :)

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and feed him for life.
by Tommy_Mac

Comment:
Wow Tom, well deserved ribbon! You have definitely your own style and I was sure this was yours :)

"Sun King"
by Tommy_Mac

Comment:
I can't believe this scored a 5.89... IMO it should be in the TT. Good effort Tom, next time the score will be better :)

All my Loving (With the Beatles, 1963)
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:

Originally posted by bassbone: A wonderful moment, a beautiful family. Trying to figure out why it scored where it did...maybe the crop? It almost seems that a more square crop with the baby and Mom at opposite corners may have been more conventional and scored better. But personally, I like the lines on the left and the tree over Mom's head on the right. Well done.

Maybe it didn't get a better score because some people could see it as a sort of snapshot. It's not a snapshot because I had the challenge title in mind but I didn't sacrifice our beautiful day for a more studied shot. You're right, the crop was the main issue: I had to crop on the right because of an electricity pole right behind her. The square crop is something I almost never use, and i liked the lines in the left as well.

All my Loving (With the Beatles, 1963)
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:

Originally posted by Neat: I hope you frame this Alessandro, it's so lovely.

I will :)

'See How They Run' - Lady Madonna (1968)
by bassbone

Comment:
The perfect use of this kind of lens allowed you to get this great shot - well deserved ribbon!

Once upon a time there was the ocean here
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments.

As frequently happens I have a lot of things in mind but I should not waste them. Next time I'll spend more time on planning how the elements should be in the scene.

Once upon a time there was the ocean here
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
To tell the truth I have to say that Samantha's image is quite different from mine. My image has a lot of photographic elements and a realistic 'feel' (not enough to judge it a photo but less unrealistic than my Sagittarius entry). Some of those 1s could be attributed to some sort of American pride IMHO. In any case this was not intended as something against USA, but against humankind in general because of its attempt of destroying this world).

At the end of the story it's my fault, this image could have been better, and next time it will :)

Zombie Apocalypse
by Samantha_T

Comment:
Your skills are great as usual Samantha, but maybe there are too many elements in the scene. Just one week is very few time to get a super shot with all this stuff to create.

Once upon a time there was the ocean here
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:

Originally posted by inshaala: Statue of liberty has no "weight" in the scene, it is like it is cut out and stuck there (the left hand side blend is all wrong considering the lighting and background shadows/highlight)... that might explain some of the low votes (i didnt vote) as the whole effect is ruined by the jarring nature of the statue which doesnt quite "live" there - not to say you werent the only offender in this challenge but these things do count... that you got some 10's and 9's it testament to the quality of the rest of the composition - in fact it may have done better without the statue (less is more...)

I was surely not happy with the blending result of the statue. I left it as the last thing to fix, but it was late to properly think about its blending. But I couldn't get rid of it since it was the engine of the my main idea. Still I don't think that the blending of the statue can be the reason for receving a lot of 1s, since I can see the vast majority of the other entries very poorly edited, so one element can be the reason for this voting. I surely agree that most of the time 'less I more'... I should never forget it!