To steal a ribbon from anyone!
by vtruan

Comment:
Damn, that hurts! The extreme indentatiuon on the finger gives this considrable immediacy. The light "raking" the trap's surface is lovely. The blocked-out curve of the thumb comes across as sloppy, not well-considered. The Faux resolution is amusing, as is the concept.

Resolve to Play Through the Blues
by fotodude

Comment:
A strong & original photo, but it would be a LOT stronger if we could see a bit more china nd nose beneath the hat, I think.

More Time With Dad
by cbeller

Comment:
A good resolution. Funny to see a candid sneak in here, LOL. The bit of arm showing under the sleeve lower left is an eyetrap for me The whole photo is a tad centered, as well. I find that if I crop in from the left so that sleeve is eliminated, the image is much more focused, we draw down ,ore easily to where the eyes are looking.

To find beauty in the simple things
by debitipton

Comment:
It "feels" to me like this was just an excuse to get a flower shot in, LOL. It's a hell of a nice flower shot and and I am scoring it well, butr I'd score it higher if it were somehow more tight to the challenge topic.

A new year with no regrets
by Jinjit

Comment:
High points for honesty, LOL. Let us drink life to the lees? Robinson Jeffers had in a poem "Even in the bitter less and sediment, new discovery may lie." This grows on me. I hadn't ranked it especially high in my first pass through, and I am bumping it up.

Wasting away in Resolutionville
by graphicfunk

Comment:
I can't wait to see the backstory on this one, LOL. The neck section lower left comes across as a chin bulge when it is combined with the skull, and this is a flaw for me. The clothing appears to be Camo, even if it's just shadows, and that's a bit chilling. All in all it's eerie, and well done.

Practice my Martial Arts
by bobdaveant

Comment:
Technically this is quite fine; good tonal range, great DOF, sharp as a tack. I don't respond especially well to it, but it gets a decent score from me.

Walk the dog!!
by suemack

Comment:
This is both amusing and startling. I'm not 100% sure I like the hyper-blue eyes, but even wiothout them it would be an appealing image so I give it a good score. Personally I'd score it higher without the blure, but I am sure many will disagree.

Look For The Bright Side Of Life
by docpjv

Comment:
I don't see how this image in ANY way "emotional" portrays the bright side of life, but it sure as hell does it graphically. The skull highlight on the left is to die for. I wish more people paid this kind of attention to the "dark sides" of their images, instead of just letting the subject bleed off into the background.

Mechanical lock gates
by geewhy

Comment:
I'm really pleased to see this image win. It SO stood out from most of the others for its much more meditative approach to the challenge. It tells a "mechanical" story very well, and adds a purity of composition
and tonality that makes it stand out as a "pure" photograph. Well done!

Robt.