… there was rotary.
by eschmutt

Comment:
nice idea! Good prop. Your backdrop is very distracting, however - really needs to be smooth, or intentionally ruffled. Comes across here as just being unironed! Could get nice bokeh and blur the background by moving prop forwards and using smaller Av number. Could do with a touch more detail in the balcks (overexposure would help obscure background too) and a bit more sharpness would help.

Burlesque
by Moemeka

Comment:
Nice image - very interesting angle. pretty model. Lots of black/white contrast. annot decide if white underwear on side detracts. corner above couch distracts slightly. Link to challenge a bit tenuous (relies on title).

There was light
by lentil

Comment:
Nice sky. Almost duotone - interesting! hedge does little to provide foreground interest for me, however (sorry). Idea is not particularly innovative for the challenge.

Beginning of a Good Game
by lemondster

Comment:
Good idea - nearly did something similar myself. Like the use of b&w. DoF slightly blurs the playing pieces. Maybe a clearer focus on the word "Go" would have been good. Also (to be really picky) I would have placed the die so that 5 and 1 did not appear on the faces facing the camera for both. And the background is a little empty - coud you have had the remainder of the board as th backdrop (though query whther that would have been cludttered)?

Excited Bud
by Cam

Comment:
nice image. Good colours and detail. DoF drops off slightly too fast for my taste. Top right is a little plain, and RHS feels a little empty.

Elevations
by metoecus

Comment:
Nice idea well executed. focus, DoF, colour all fine. Image does not have the "x" factor to push it past a "nice" image, though- subject is hard to photograph with strong expression.

sands of time
by Seanachai

Comment:
great idea - technically a great picture. Prop lets you down very slightly - water droplets, sand and twig on mask detract from the image - only an issue because of the minamalism of the piece.

In the Beginning of Growth
by mannjudit

Comment:
pretty image. Good colour. Different idea! Small to big. Not sure that this image is replete with "beginning" themes, or has that "x" factor, but a pleasant picture.

from tiny seedlings...
by froglet

Comment:
good focus. Subject is lacking in interest, slightly. Would have liked to see greater empahsis on buds, or on shapes of the pots (how about a top down view of a geomtrically perfect selection of pots with budding plants?)

What it was like in the Beginning
by mthrgse49

Comment:
Very abstract. Like the effect - not sure if is a "beginning" effect, but very interesting! Great contrast and focus. Would be nice if it filled the screen a bit more - use all 640 pixels!