Invasion of Privacy
by tngrndream

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I like the pose. It seems you have the same problem I had with my last entry. Not enough sharpness. The motion blur on the hand is good, but the rest looks grainy or slightly OOF. A lower ISO would probably help.

Man in a Panama Hat
by chalice

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Very nice shot. This has great lighting. The hat adds interest. I can't actually tell you any way to improve this unless you turned into Brad Pitt and shot yourself nude, LOL (just kidding ya know!). Maybe a little sharper around the eyes.

Cannon Cover
by Melethia

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This is adorable. I didn't vote in this challenge but I would have given this a 10. Great lighting and DOF. The concept is just too cute.

Baited and Ready
by ericwoo

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Top 10 again! Woohoo! Dude, you're hot. I gave this a 10 in voting. I loved the colors and composition. The lighting is fantastic. Since I gave you a 10 I didn't see anything that could be improved.

Mmmmmmmmm - Still Life
by timfythetoo

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I was greatly amused by this. Cool idea. I gave this a 7 in voting. The lighting was great, your background color was great. I really don't remember why I didn't vote this higher.

Ha! Ha! You Lose!
by tngrndream

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I thought the concept of this was great. I gave this a 5 in voting for creativity. The background is a little distracting since you can see the division so well, plus the wrinkles on the white side are so obvious. It also seems to be just a tad OOF.

Asian Contemporary Still Life
by chalice

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I thought this was a great shot. I gave it a 7 in voting. The colors and arrangement are fantastic. What I wasn't crazy about was the perspective. I think this would have done better at a lower angle. The top row of windows is very distracting.

Keeper of the Game
by timfythetoo

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I voted this a 7 in the challenge. The title is excellent. The colors are vivid and the details are great. The thing that would have made this better is having him look at the camera. There were a lot in this challenge that didn't and I think they were scored down because a portrait is supposed to be posed.

happy fisherman
by DanSig

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I like the square crop. I voted this an 8 in the challenge. I felt it fit the challenge well. It would have been nicer if he had been looking at the camera, but I didn't deduct for that like other voters. I'm not sure what the color version was like, but it might have done better as this is just a tad flat.

Mission San Jose, founded 1720
by Melethia

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WOW! Excellent angles! This really seems to draw you in. The colors are excellent and I love the softness that comes from the dark contrast to the light. The only thing I could think of to improve this would be maybe taking one step further in to eliminate that small light spot in the top right corner (my right looking in).