I Love Bananas
by Cantique

Comment:
I love this shot! Very nice! A slightly looser crop on the right to balance it out just a tad more would have gotten you a 10 from me, as is a 9

Magic Banana Reducing Machine
by lwkimages

Comment:
LOL! I love this one! If you had a better backdrop you would have gotten a 10 from me, something more solid and up the lighting just a tad. As is a 9

multiple trunks
by undieyatch

Comment:
I would have called this, "BIG LEAFY SHOES! " Very cool looking! Not sure about the different light sources per say but a cool shot overall. A touch less contrast and this would have gotten a 10 from me, as is a 9

Porcupine
by hopper

Comment:
Sweet, these are so hard to shoot! A 10!

Dead Center - In an Abstract Kind of Way
by f-32

Comment:
I like this, good job! 9

Good Dog ~ Bad Dog
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Oh, they both look like good dogs to me! ;) Nice shot but the lack of light, focus and contrast really hurt the overall feel of the shot for me. A 4

Flower and Weeds
by bobdaveant

Comment:
This is a beautiful shot of a flower and the opposite of weeds is a good idea but I can't see the weeds that well. It just looks like regular greenery behind the flower to me, maybe if you had a flower that was more surrounded by weeds, the classic battle? As is I started at a 4 but am raising to a 6

Natural / UnNatural
by gpierson

Comment:
I like this idea but the sepia doesn't really work with this shot for me. I think either leaving it with the color or going black and white with a higher contrast would really make this shot pop out at me. Also the lighting needs to be more even, the shadow on the left is very distracting. A 4

The game of Go
by bmat

Comment:
Black vs. white. Classic, simple and so real. This is a good idea but the distractions of the table, cup and sides of the boards really take away from this shot for me. Also the focus seems just a tad soft overall. Maybe if you filled the shot with just the board and rotated it just a bit so the lines ran from corner to corner? Also the board seems rather dull, not sure why. A 4 as is

A Matter of Life and Death
by LycanMoon

Comment:
Good idea for the challenge but this comes off more as a snapshot than a portrait type shot. A different angle perhaps, come in more on the face and the stone, cutting out a lot of the background distractions and are those her keys by her knees? Using my envelopes (they are so handy) I cropped the right side up to her shoulder, just at the back hair line and it really made a big difference in the focus of the shot and the composition. If you work with this at all I would love to see the results. As is a 4