My cake
by ionelpop

Comment:
Centerpiece is nice and sharp, but DOF a bit too shallow for this subject.

New Years Eve Bluegrass Celebration - Station Inn
by dlmorel

Comment:
I know I'm not the only one, but this is very blurry. Try higher ISO with faster shutter or, if available, longer shutter with second-curtain sync flash if trying to convey idea of motion and still maintain the boket of lights above.

joga bonito
by ubique

Comment:
Haunting. This is by far the most beautiful image of the bunch, I keep thinking about it even at work! In a challenge full of what I consider DNMC (IMHO, because not one TS-E lens was used and all effects were PP), this one stands out because it does not seem to take a feeble attempt at faking the funk. Just a lovely image, stays with the viewer, captures interest (I was forced to look up the title, "beautiful game," right? and though generally in reference to football to hell with that I think this better exemplifies the phrase!), stirs the imagination, and evokes powerful memories of childhood fancy and whim. Art in every sense, thank you for sharing your vision with us. You remind us what photography is all about. I'm sorry I didn't vote because if I did you would have one more 10.

Message edited by author 2012-01-06 16:31:37.

Walk
by dali_lama_2k

Comment:
Thank all for wonderful comments and input :) i'm honored to even be noticed by some of whom i consider the best photographers on this site, let alone get glowing words from them

Plate
by Paul

Comment:
Odd that, in order to meet challenge, the plate does not at all dominate even though it is the title subject. That fact, however, certainly does not detract from the score of a wonderful image!

Escudarse
by ace flyman

Comment:
good job!

8 Lives Left?
by love

Comment:
fill flash could have helped you avoid using selection tool for areas that were much darker than background. artifacts exist around front legs, otherwise clever title/subject

micro street macro
by curtpetguy

Comment:
this is good play on challenge, "macro" (or rather, close-up) of small model of big thing, kind of turns it inside-out!

blackish
by bvy

Comment:
and i thought that polluk did all his work in a studio

Bullet Extraction for Dummies
by sinistral_leo

Comment:
I love your expression at the end, especially. "I'm ok! really!" (pass out twenty seconds later)