Cold Blooded
by brockmd

Comment:
Fantastic DOF. I think you captured this one perfectly. No recommendations for improvement.

I love you Mommy!
by Wildpurple

Comment:
I think this image has fantastic lighting, exposure, focus, sharpness, DOF, and tonal range. Basically, technical aspects beyond reproach. Artistically well composed too. Certainly one of my top picks for this challenge. Well done!

Wanna fight?
by Nazgul

Comment:
Feisty kitten. I think you captured the moment perfectly! This is one of my top picks this week. Well done.

Puppy Love
by L1

Comment:
Excellent shot on artistic and technical merits. Excellent detail and the expression on the child and chihuahua match very well. Quite a feat.

I've been lonely, glad you're home!
by Moose101

Comment:
Technically excellent. Fantastic details brought out in this shot. I like the crop and the angle. I imagine this should do quite well. Well done!

Observing
by peete

Comment:
Excellent exposure, focus, DOF, and contrast. I like the way you framed this shot.

Wondering
by vcosma

Comment:
This is unfair. This kitten wins the blue ribbon for 'cutest animal in contest'. Oh, by the way, this is my top pick for the ribbon. Well done! 10

Vigilance
by spreadcom

Comment:
Studio light in the photo...intentional I imagine. Perhaps child is using time between shoots to catch up on his favorite book. In any event, excellent lighting and other technical aspects (i.e. exposure, focus, DOF, detail) well handled. Colors are a little bit muted. A quick boost in saturation could have cured that.

[ she, its hot dog, and its friend ]
by jrgarcia

Comment:
Excellent photo. Very sharp, colors well balanced. I don't mind this type of border, but you should have created an equal width, uniform border. The inner blue border is not of uniform width...the top side is one pixel thinner than the sides and bottom. A photoshop trick that many people use is to select the appropriate background color and increase the canvas size by the width you want the border to be. In this case, you could have first selected blue, then increased the canvas size by 3 pixels all around. Then select white, and again increase border by increasing the canvas size.

The Kiss
by smoon273

Comment:
Priceless moment. This fits the challenge about as perfectly as I can imagine. Lighting was not quite well handled here, a bit harsh as it seems the majority of the lighting was a fill flash emitted by the camera. Still, an excellent entry.