Daisy
by love

Comment:
Looks like you just found an excuse to put a mostly naked person in the challenge, eh? Sorry, but flowers don't seem to be the main subject here. In any case, best of luck to you.

Daisy Dance
by KarenNfld

Comment:
I think you'd have been better off without the large drop on the right and just gone with one. Other than that, and this type of imagery being somewhat cliche-ish now at DPC, it's a fun photo and the bg color is great. Good luck!

Purple Rain
by em3

Comment:
While this is interesting, I think the "drop" is WAY too big and loses any credibility to being an actual waterdrop. Otherwise you have nice detail and clarity. Good luck in the challenge.

Morning Glory
by Alain

Comment:
Breathtaking! I can nearly put myself on the spot. Wonderful catch of this morning scene. In retrospect, I wonder if this may have worked better just cropping (or composing) this without the treetops?

Chasing a dream
by Zigomar

Comment:
I really enjoyed this image when I came across it during voting. Great use of LB to solidify the storyline you so wonderfully captured! I was one of your seven 10's. Wish it had placed higher but I'm not surprised (duotone, grainy, blur, etc...) - it places high on the "artsy" scale. :-)

Moon Dust
by CorySmith

Comment:
I had to come back and see what the story might be on this one. I had picked this as a top ten (or twenty at least) and gave you a 10. Surprised (shouldn't be I guess) that it came in at 70th.

When I first looked at this image I was a bit shocked to see an attractive woman in an obviously real (or way over the top staged) war (or training) scenario. Second, I wondered why this soldier wasn't wearing a helmet. The lack of a helmet put a slight tinge of feeling this could be staged. Then I looked deeper into the photo and noticed the military shelters in the background. I was then convinced this was the real deal.

After having to spend so much time wondering, questioning, admiring...I had to give it a 10 for making me stop for such a long consideration!

Congrats on a well done photo, and good luck with your book!

Touching
by LevT

Comment:
58th?! Dang...I gave this a 10. Guess I put a jinx on ya. Sorry about that. :-)

Great catch - nice piece of work.

Green Eggs and Spam
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Sorry, I put the curse on you by giving this a 10.

You're on a well-deserved roll Karen! Congrats on the high finish.

Pan Fried Spam with Fresh Tomato & Basil Salad
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Congrats Tim! I'm not sure how this will sound, but I'm glad to see one of my top picks actually ribbon this time around. :-)

Spam Sushi
by Cuttooth

Comment:
I thought this was quite well done and deserved a bit higher placing IMO. FWIW, I gave this a 9.

Maybe you can sell this to the makers of SPAM. :-)