Would You Care To Reconsider?
by GeneralE

Comment:
I'm a bit of a nit-picker and thought that 1) the board & pieces could have been cleaned prior to taking the photo, and 2) turn the pawns so the seam of the plastic pieces don't show.

For the allegory to work perhaps a white king and black pawns would have sold the concept better, unless I'm out in left field and missing the point.

The King
by vawendy

Comment:
This was one of my top picks and I found it quite enjoyable. Well played!

Fairyland
by MargaretNet

Comment:

Originally posted by Neat: Way better than mine, harsh voting.

Oh my goodness. Harsh voting? Only a few 4's and nothing less than hardly seems harsh.

Fairyland
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Nice place indeed. The light is a bit harsh on the foreground flowers, which is a primary piece of this comp. An hour earlier or later could have made a big difference? Wonder how this would have come off with a wide angle lens parke in the front edge of that flower area?

Time to go out
by willem

Comment:
This belongs on a Hallmark card! :-) So many captions you could put with it.

Spring in a truck
by Neat

Comment:
Nice capture. Might have been tempted to go with a more pano type crop to eliminate the dead space at top (washed out sky). The biggest thing that I notice is the white balance, it seems overly warm with strong yellow hues.

The Hover
by Pangurban

Comment:
I might have gone with a 4x5 ratio instead of 4x6 on this. Nonetheless, it's a wonderful capture. I bet this would look great in a larger presentation!

Spring Filly
by photosbyMcDon

Comment:
Lovely Filly, but the image is WAY too overprocessed IMO. The detail has been mostly washed out with noise reduction it seems.

whence
by posthumous

Comment:
Well seen and captured. This was one of my top picks (8 from me). The approach to the subject matter (growth) was spot on as was the choices made for comp and post work.

New York
by Pascal

Comment:
Pascal?! Just checked your profile and see that you've been tossing a few entries in the mix this year. Cool! Glad to see you back.