The Louisville Slugger
by Shakey

Comment:
The baseball's highlights are blown out so I lose the stitching on my monitor, and the framing crowds the glove so it all seems cramped. While the wooden backround is evocative of the bench ( as in "grab some pine kid") the boards are wide enough to read as deck with the space between the boards lead the eye off the page. Of course I wouldn't have spent the time pointing out the things I didn't like if it wasn't basically a good shot with a few defects (IMHO)

1952 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team
by fluxn

Comment:
Great shot but boxing isn't a team sport for we, the literal minded. Still lush B&W conversion and emotionally evocative shot, well lit and framed. In boxing parlance , just off target, but a powerfull blow, might well ribbon.

Happy Memorial Day
by willtata

Comment:
I like the idea here but the final product is a bit blurry and dim.

Dandelion with Seeds
by e301

Comment:
After last week I was thinking " No more dandelions...EVER!' but this shot is so well lit and framed that I realize I was wrong.

Track and Field
by dharmeson

Comment:
you are a bit too stopped down, the primary object is blurry and the extreme distance is distractingly sharp. I think a faster narrower DOF would have frozen and enphisised the action.. If you had slid a few feet to the left and gotten that time board and person in the chair out of the frame it would have helped alot.

Stanley Cup Playoffs
by rogerspaul

Comment:
The backround in this shot dosen't help your cause, the potted plant and kitchen entry tend to distract

The Prey's Perspecitve
by JoelHSmith

Comment:
Glad to see you got the requisite vote of at least a single 1 vote, lets us know the interface isn't keeping the blind from voting. Great shot, proving that you can take a picture of your cat and make a not just a relevant shot , but a winner.

David & Goliath (ll)
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I wish I had not seen this so early in the voting as the others seem rather palid and irrelevant in comparison. The massing is well balanced and the color palate is masterfull. I can't belive anything will be better done in this challenge. From the lightness of touch I belive you are shooing in the south of France no? I am searching for something to criticize, and I have decided that your border must be the most faulty peice of the shot, not that it is too bad but you left so little else to argue with.

Neon from above and down below...
by scwortman

Comment:
Great sky and subject. both powerfull and balanced in tone. I wish the buildings had a bit more of the frame, but I assume there was a good reason you couldn't go lower, top ten, but could have been higher.

Marble and Gameboy. A Generation Gap
by Shakey

Comment:
Since my daughter plays with both Im not sure about the title, but the shot is just fine. the small speck of green puts it over the top though I wish the light on the marble was either tighter or had softer edges. Good job, should ribbon IMHO