The rancher
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
This has to be [uaer]Yo_Spiff[/user]'s. It reminds me so much of "the old timer" but with a trimmed face.
Very nice portrait. I like how his head divides the brighter area on the right and the darker area to the left.
Only criticism is that his moustache blends in with his face on the left, while it doesn't on the right. If it was shot on a bright day there mightn't have been much you could do about it though.
Still a very nice character shot.

We're off to see the Wizard...
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Even at this distance I think I recognise the-too on the edges... Nice shot.
(Edited for the pun :P)

that's the way i like it uh huh uh huh
by whiteroom

Comment:
Lots of appeal to this shot! Excellent processing and subject.
It's difficult, for me especially, to take a shot like this with so much going on, but to have the focal point stationary on, in this case, the child. I normally cheat by using narrow DOF, but in a case like this I'd lose so much of what the story the photo would otherwise tell. So kudos!
Great pose. Great candid shot. Might come back and fav this later, but for now you're getting a 9.
Yeah. 10 and fav.

Homeless
by jazul02

Comment:
Great great shot, expression, texture lighting. I think perhaps one of the better ties to the challenge description in here. Wonderful. I think you're getting 10 and a fav for this.

Winter's Last Hurrah
by hahn23

Comment:
Who else could this be but Mr. Hahn?
Wonderful composure here. I think the shot would have benefitted if you were about 20 feet taller :-) But still great. I think it's the best of the landscapes in black and white here. The rest have made me want to see them in colour, but this doesn't need it for me.

Death
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
My own personal view about this shot is that I'd like to have seen a bit more of the skull to the right. I can understand that you probably intentionally lit it like this (might incline a viewer to consider uncertainty about life/death etc) but for me it would have added to the shot.

smoke & mirrors
by kichu

Comment:
Again, the only thing I can think about saying is that the quality of the final jpeg isn't very good--looking at the lines going up it's quite stair-cased.
I think it's a nice image though. I like the tree on the bottom and the sky on top is nice. It's not the most interesting shot I've ever seen if I'm being honest. And you've got a nice perspective going on too.

Artichoke-1568
by Garry

Comment:
Congrats on top 10! Well deserved.

Tomato No. 42
by gyaban

Comment:
Mais out. Le bleu! Bien et felistations!
Malheureusement ce n'est pas l'un des bas(?) score de bleu que je suis regarde mais c'est pres(?).

Pride of the Aggie fleet
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
5.2? Hmm. I didn't think it'd be in your front page, but did think it might be closer to 6 than 5.5. Never thought it'd be closer to 5.
Better luck next time I suppose :)