Misunderstood
by Tranquil

Comment:
I love this one. I'm not sure voters will take it as a "pun", but for me it's a ujnique combination of verbal and visual punning. Bumpey-bump and good luck :-)

Laertes' Poisoned Blade
by labuds

Comment:
I have puzzled and puzzled at this one. I have absolutely NO clue what the pun is, and it is driving me crazy. I have to assme there IS a pun, and I'm missing it. The picture itself is spectacularly nice, just beautiful. The way the snake details echo the details of the hilt, for example... The perfect way the snake's tail makes a "bracelet" on the wrist. I love this shot.

So I'm gonna do somethign I never do, and boot you to the top of the stack on the ASSUMPTION there's something here I'm missing. I hope that's true :-)

Half Past Nine
by Dax-

Comment:
I find this very dreamy and effective. Very metaphorical. Bumping. I hope it does well :-)

Soft
by jefalk

Comment:
This is beautifully lit and rendered, but it conveys to me absolutely NO sense of "shallow DOF".

Tribute to Robert W.
by srdanz

Comment:
hahaha! Exactly ONE week off in challenges eh? Thanx for the chuckle!

Oh There's No Plate Like Chrome for the Hollandaise
by dogz

Comment:
Gotta be the most outrageous title of the challenge :-) I won't deduct for the fact that this is a pot lid, not a plate...

Dendrophobia
by messerschmitt

Comment:
This is exquisite. I've entered a remotely similar image before and gotten hammered for it. Yours is much stronger & more complex though. I hope you do well :-)

Anthropophobia
by smyk

Comment:
This is VERY interesting that you eschewed the obvious "musophobia" (the woman's clearly in a tizzy here) for the much more subtle phobia of the mouse :-) This is nicely done. Pity about that damned speck ain't it? It's not costing you any points from me :-)

Patience
by TooCool

Comment:
More faithful to the challenge than many, for sure :-) I don't begrudge you the 2-hour slop, it's a gawdawful time of night anyway and meets the spirit of the thing -) Congrats on top-20, this was one of my highest picks.

When Sleep Walking Dreaming of Snow
by JPR

Comment:
I believe you got robbed not making top-10 with this one :-)