Ropemaker's Apprentices
by brianlh

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Damn, my comments disappeared. Try again 24 hrs later...

This is an almost flawless image. Every time I look at it I see soemthing more. It makes me smile every time. It is SO pure. Every element in the composition Is working towards the ovrall effect. The tonalities are flawless, the colour is rich & luscious without being exagerrated. The framing is squared up perfectly. The expressions, the concentration, are tremendous. FINE image!

To Spend More Time with My Son
by agrimace

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A very poignant image. Nicely framed int he shooting. I wish he were sharper and the highlights mellower

Fire in Reykjavik
by johannes

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How is this a resolution?

watching fireworks
by visaksen

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I have a hard time buying this as a resolution, sorry. As a fireworks shot, it seems curiously unspectacular.

I will not use woody or any other toys for challenges in 2005!!! Oh Yeah... no more borders either!
by mrorange002

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We'll hold you to it. We are watching....

Read to My Daughter More
by spydr

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This is quite a lovely shot, and one of which you can be proud. I wish you had yourself in it in some way, however; she's reading to herself here. I can accept that you mean it imply your desire to insert yourself into this activity in the future, of course, but it just doesn't sing "resolution" to me.

Time to Quit and Create a Healthy Lifestyle Cause I'm....
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
A nice storyline. Congrats on your pregnancy. The lighting, composition, and color give this the feel of a snapshot, not an image into which a great deal of thought was invested.

Mend some fences
by geewhy

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A lot about this image is appealing to me, but I feel the composition is out-of-balance. There's not enough interest in the water to the left to sustain me, and the dynamics of the image are forcing me over there. I believe it would work better if the foreground were cropped so all of the third reflection from the right was visible, and only a bit more. Id this exact image were cropped to that more horizontal format, it would work better for me already; and if the picture had been framed that way, so there were more reeds at the top, it mught work better yet. Depends on what was up there, It's conceptually very nice.

Ash Tray
by wahsabi

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Gritty and even appropriately disgusting, but not entirely satisfactory as an image to me. I wish the left side weren't so washed out, it's seriously pulling my eye away from the focal point.

To live life to the fullest
by Cantique

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I find thisimage much stronger if it's cropped down from the top to eliminate all sky above the bar, and all trace of the horizontal bar to which the chains attach. The face is wonderful, the sharpness and tonalities are excellent. A solid entry.