Chistina and Sara. Wild? You'd better believe it!
by livingfiction

Comment:
They are certainly mammals :) I'm sure your getting hammered because of the "non-domesticated" part, but I have daughters so I know where you're coming from :) The head in the background is a little bit of a distraction, as are the windows... Keep your chin up, this is going to be a long week for you full of low scores and hate-comments from folks that have no sense of humor or hate kids... Pay them no mind... It's a nice shot and a interesting slant on the challenge. If my membership becomes active before the voting ends, I'll give you extra credit for courage :)
Note : Membership became active :)

Disco Angels
by myqyl

Comment:
To those that didn't get it, welcome to the club :) It was a referance to a theology question that has been around for the last 5 centuries. "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"...

Anyone that wants more info on this question should really look into getting a life, but can find more at //www.kencollins.com/poll-06.htm :)

Oh, and yes, it was not a nail... It was a pin...

Pumping Iron Under A Bare Bulb
by xhoss

Comment:
Clever take on the challenge... The repetion of the bricks and the implied 'repetion' of the curls. I'm not sure if it's the lighting, or post processing, but there is something "missing" here. I wish I knew enough to be able to tell you what it is... Good effort!

Replication
by shareinnc

Comment:
Bravo! The first time I've seen this technique used that truely works for the challenge AND is a very interesting nice shot on it's own :) Well done!

Overcast sky
by faidoi

Comment:
I'm undecided if the stone wall at the bottom adds anything here. I think if you crop just above it you have an extremely powerful image... But that's just me :)

Summer Love On Coney Island
by tolyanchik

Comment:
Great concept and it nails the challenge. 2 nitpicks though...

1 ~ The horizon id severly sloped and I don't feel it adds anything to the shot.

2 ~ you could take a lot off both the left and right and lose nothing. I feel that losing the left to the fence pole and losing the right to the volleyball net post (or even closer) would have left you with a much stronger image.

But that's just me.

Tool of the Past. (please flip it yourself!)
by macox

Comment:
Extra point for following the rules!!!

Confused Cowboy
by Aczarina

Comment:
Could have been a wonderful shot if you had payed more attention to the background... This challenge was about negative space, meaning everything that is not the subject. Take the same child and have a solid green lawn or even a solid white wall behind him and you have a MUCH stronger image.

Also, I've found when shooting children, especially young children, it often helps to be on the floor looking up at them or maybe eye to eye...

You have a great model to work with :) a little work on the technical aspects and you'll be all set :)

Blackbear At Midnight
by bruster54

Comment:
A study in lens cap? :) The bear is a little out of focus, but I like your use of depth of field... The horizon seems a little sloped to the left too... Extra point for humor :)

The Essentials
by jgal76

Comment:
I have a feeling this will be overlooked by the 'artsy' folks, but this is one of the best I've seen this week. Definitely tells a story and that story is told largely by the negetive space. I hope this scores as well as it deserves, but frankly I think it will go over most folks head... Great work... ~10~