Hi there
by Marjo

Comment:
Serendipity. Looks like a little jumping spider, barely discernable, but could be traces of 'his/her' web there too. Very nice colors and background. Good macro and angle, showing the Zinnia very well. Quality dependent, an even tighter crop to 'produce another shot' with the spider dominating - also be good.

The Baby Cheeses
by KarenNfld

Comment:
6 - Very good. Obviously your title helps but even without it, more than half a second looking at 'most' should 'get it'. Can't see the pun is original but I have not seen it done 'visually', so well done. Criticism; in my opinion, if you could have 'somehow' (angle/perspective variation likely) shot this without the base of the carving(s) visible, would have helped this 'illusion' to be even better. The lighting is 'directed' well but perhaps a little variation or subtlety may have also given this extra 'drama'. Perhaps a little 'closer' too would also have been better, even just for more detail/texture on the 'characters'.

On Dangerous Ground
by fadedbeauty

Comment:
7 - Very good & seemingly very dangerous (couldn't see any evidence of safeguards). Criticism; not much, maybe more selective cropping (eg on the left) perhaps an even slightly sharper angle and, difficult, but having the 'focal point(s)' more centered in the frame, may have all made this even better in my opinion. Good set up & idea (well done if original).

Frosty Forks
by JennApple

Comment:
Gave this a 4. Thought it had a little more potential than you captured. I liked the concept and the snow/ice gave an extra element. Perhaps just a little too close, resulting in focus issues, but I realize you were likely trying to capture the snow/ice as well, so difficult. Apologies in advance if wrong, but does seem like you may have used a flash with this, so the 'burning' on the outer edges emphasized that, so perhaps without the burning may also have made this better in my opinion. edit:removed temporary note re sizing

Message edited by author 2005-12-17 17:45:22.

Too fast...too late...
by clauds

Comment:
Gave this a 5. Difficult Challenge to vote/comment on. The shot itself is fairly good though and I did not mind the almost centered composition. Good 'capture' obviously, perhaps a little more 'space' (depending of course what you had to work with) above &/or below, may have given this some extra 'drama', in my opinion.

Reflective Stare
by loriprophoto

Comment:
Nice capture. Like the way the whiskers are just touching the water. 'If only' there were more reflection. Perhaps this cropped even tighter at the top (and not just because of your copyright text), may have made this even better in my opinion.

Fork Of The Future
by Kita

Comment:
I gave this a 3. The quality was not there 'enough' in my opinion. It also seemed a little 'too close', causing the focus to blur. The composition/placement of the fork within the 'frame', perhaps could have used some more attention - to try to get an overall 'balance' using 'empty space' - unless you were going for the 'mirror effect', which, in my opinion, needed to have better 'symmetry' (balance again), so a 'nudge rotation' up on the right may have helped. There also seems to be some 'grain' &/or issues with 'gamma' in the darker areas.

Too Late! I missed the race!
by Kita

Comment:
I gave this a 3. It was a very difficult Challenge to 'think of a good idea' for - especially one that really made the photo 'scream' 'too late'. The colors and perspective/angle in this are nice though, a little more 'space' above the jockey's head would have made this better. Again though, this particular Challenge was a difficult one - I 'failed' to 'meet the Challenge'.

WAIT......
by AzCKelly

Comment:
Curious if I was correct in my 'presumption' of this being 'too early' because a long exposure effect was 'in play'..... or ? edit: thank you for the 'confirmation' about the long exposure 'concept', as you know, a bit of a long shot to 'get it' at a cursory glance, which is all that is usually given during voting

Message edited by author 2005-12-22 20:41:20.

Yawn
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
Good capture. He/she seems to find something hilarious. Potential here to 'manipulate' this into something else (eg; playing on the 'hilarity', nudge rotation, cropping, etc) if you wanted to - but perhaps this is only here for the 'yawn thread' - who knows. edit:wording

Message edited by author 2005-12-14 19:36:42.