Rule of Thirds, Shallow DOF, Soft Focus
by roz

Comment:
But... The fly is *centered*... If you'd used "centered" as one of your 3 there'd be no argument with that. I can see where you have the eyes on 1/3 lines, so you call that ROT, but to my eye it's more of a centered photo... Also, I see the shallow DOF for sure, but the soft focus totally is not there, except inasmuch as there are OOF areas front and back; but the image itself is tack-sharp, incredibly detailed, about as far from *soft focus* as you can get...

Outstanding macro, though :-)

Deep DOF, Leading Lines, Rule of Thirds
by brumer0

Comment:
This comes across much more as a centered composition than it does as rule of thirds. Striking image, regardless.

The Nuggets (Centered Composition, Leading Lines, Shallow DOF)
by Nuzzer

Comment:
Centered Composition, check. Leading Lines, not so much for me, but implied. Shallow DOF, no way. This is sharp from infinity right up to the very foreground. Did ya type the wrong one in?

Driving Poor Clark
by Blackbox

Comment:
Lovely finish, for a fake armadillo and an over-the-hill Winnebago :-)

Desperately Pursuing Companionship
by kandykarml

Comment:
Hehehe! Glad this did well, it's almost like a totally deadpan satire. I mean, it's super-smooth boudoir, of course, but then the TITLE.

Maybe you could have posed her in a RV and titled it "Desperately Pursuing Clark"? ROTFL

Good work!

Deadly Personal Crisis
by MAK

Comment:
Eeerie image! Congrats on top 10. I can't help wondering; if the rope were hempen instead of that modern braid, would you have cracked top 5? I bet you would... Anyway that facial expression is unbelievably eerie.

Dark Paradise Chasm
by haze

Comment:
Happy to see this ribbon, it's cut from a different cloth than the usual high-scoring image here. Congrats!

Deer Point Conspiracy
by Jutilda

Comment:
Yay! You made it! Got a 7+! And a blue! Yer in the big time now!

flight patterns
by posthumous

Comment:
It's eerie how I'm getting more and more in tune with you :-) I was one of your top-9 votes, LOL. You knew it was doomed, of course, but gawd whatta lovely shot...

My World: Cape Cod
by alexzen

Comment:
Hey, that's MY world there! Somehow, "fisheye" seems oddly appropriate, doesn't it?