Five Fives (5 petals, taken at 5:00 on 5-5-05)
by dphillips

Comment:
...and you're going to get a 5 for this:)

that stem (?) in the lower left is unnecessary grabbing attention, and something cast shadow on the lower part of the flower as well as on the left petal. The flower itself is on the softer side focus-wise and that's ok. However, I think that you should have either used a wider aperture, or blurred the background in post-processing some more.

Ghosts In The Darkness
by ShaneBlake

Comment:
This would have been much more effective if you either cropped out the flashlight, or if you had placed it somewhere on the floor so it is not in the photo. I assume you've done this by yourself, otherwise you could have had someone aim the flashlight at you twice.... Still a good idea. 5.

Not Finished Playing Yet
by sharkav

Comment:
Nice photo, however the reflection of the flash in the dogs eyes is rather unfortunate. Given the rules, you could not dim these I understand.
The reflection in the door is undesired, too.
Good luck,
5.

Untouchable Beauty
by gg_139

Comment:
Nice touch with the fence - a connection to the title is obvious. However, the photo alone without the title is not powerful by itself.

Draggin the Strip
by bruski

Comment:
I actually like the blurrines of the second car. I know that it is next to impossible to take a long exposure of a car from another disconnected moving car, but the amount of sharpness looks perfect to me.

Downtown
by Jeileen

Comment:
Nice attempt. The photo is leaning to the left, or at least with such a wide angle it gives an impression that it could have been helped with a small negative rotation.
5.

The North Star
by aKiwi

Comment:
I wanted to do this so much, but haven't had a clear sky in 5 days... I wouldn't included a house, though as it is a bit distracting, te north star being so close to the antenna. Even with basic editing, you could have darkened a sky a bit more and accentuated star traces... 8.

Deja Vu du Lys
by charliebaker

Comment:
How appropriate name! (I've seen the same in the Late Night challenge).
I like this one much more - like the light!

Careful, though, if this has the same original as the other one, it will be DQ'd.

Bumping up: 7

Blurry Dreams of Beautiful Places
by TDCollins

Comment:
This is amazing - it looks alive, it keeps coming at me. I love it, perfect 10/

Hero...or...Nightmare
by vtruan

Comment:
The sky looks so unreal here, almost as if it was painted. Otherwise, I like the contrast between the enormous engine and the fragile body below it. Powerful dream imagery. Only the sky could have been perhaps even desaturated some.