Miami!
by tolovemoon

Comment:
Sorry, but this isn't the strongest effort of the competition. The highlights on the ball, truck, and rug/towel are overblown. The composition lacks interest, with just too many places to put my eye, and a vacuum would help overall.

Grand Prix Team Race
by yamahondamom

Comment:
"Team Sports WithOUT Players."

Old School Decisions
by Melly8522

Comment:
Focus and lighting improvements could help this shot. The shadows are too prominent, and the balls are somewhat out of focus.

"Hey, Mrs. D., can Joe come out to play?"
by martinaw

Comment:
This needs to be a little brighter and have a little more saturation to really make an impact. If could also use a little sharper focus to get detail on bat, gloves, and hat.

Track and Field
by dharmeson

Comment:
Great picture, a little faster shutter speed would have really stopped the motion cleanly. I also might have laid the rake down before the race.

Also, I am assuming that this is a picture of the team shot put competition, since this would be a 1 if I didn't make that assumption.

GOAL
by genghis

Comment:
A solid shot, but the composition could be stronger. Showing more of the net would give us more context, and make that one pipe not be so prominent.

blue angle # 3
by TLL061

Comment:
Good job on the focus and the colors. Under advanced rules, I think you could have done a bit more with the color of the sky.

Late May Trillium
by FrostyPaws

Comment:
This is an average close up of a flower that might be a touch sharp. To score well, flower shots have to be absolutely perfect, as we see so many of them.

On the Way to School
by Cantique

Comment:
This is the kind of photo that I have literally hundreds of in my house. It captures a moment that you will look back on in fondness later in life. The problem here is that even though it is moving to you (and me in my case) , here in a photo contest, it looks a bit like a snapshot. As an example, one of the boys has a post coming out of his head, and the focus isn't tack sharp.

Since it is advanced editing, I might have cloned out the garden and worked hard on the saturation in the grass.

It is a very nice composition though. Pictures of kids just being kids are good ones. In this one, I'm left curious about what they are happily chatting about.

birdie
by kirtiebu

Comment:
Color is just a bit off.