Brass-Wound Bass Strings
by GeneralE

Comment:
interesting idea, but probably a bit too abstract for most people to appreciate in the context of a challenge...

A Flight In The Woods
by toddgray

Comment:
nice idea, but a bit too much blur and not quite sharp enough.

Garden Thief
by Diana

Comment:
nice idea, but i guess you were hoping no one would notice the 'motion blur'...

i know it's tough to throw these images away, especially when something like this just jumps up right in front of you. but, if you really want to get good, you need to do two things: 1) practice, practice, practice, practice, so that when you have opportunities like this, you can respond quickly and correctly, and 2) delete and move on when you don't get it. it's ok to keep some of them just for the sake of keeping them, but if you care about your scores, don't enter them into challenges without reading the descriptions carefully...

Tail Spin
by JacquiD

Comment:
maybe it was moving, maybe it's a setup. it's an ok idea, but the execution needs work. what if you had taken a photo of someone actually catching a flipped coin, focused in tightly on their hand about to grab the flipping coin out of mid-air? also, the lighting really takes away from the image--need to experiment and practice with that.

Dragon Fly
by andrea22_als

Comment:
sorry, nothing here to indicate stopped motion. aside from that, the technicals could use some work (it's a little soft). compositionally, it doesn't really grab me--not enough there to catch and hold my interest.

Gull In Flight
by Fromac

Comment:
obviously, the bird's in motion, but the image doesn't strike me as one that was terribly difficult to capture. aesthetically, it's nice enough, but it doesn't really move me.

Heeling
by cresus

Comment:
yes, you've stopped something in motion, but the image falls short of making me feel like "wow, how'd they do that."

Dinner in the rain, incoming guest
by suemack

Comment:
nice idea, but a little too much blur (at least for us anal dmnc nazis). it looks like it could stand to be a hair sharper.

I'm Outta Here!
by Ken

Comment:
what a pain. you spend all the time hunched over, chasing that damn bee, and you can't get him to face you. it's a shame, because it really takes away from the shot, with him flying out of the frame.

Carnival on the Boardwalk
by sabrizz

Comment:
too soft, and not enough apparent sense of motion. maybe if you had shot this vertically, it would be stronger.