"Back" Cover Girl
by DougPaz

Comment:
Very creative idea, I like it. The match is not perfect, but I don't care. I think you could not have moved the magazine closer to achieve a perfect match with the face and at the same time have a natural look with a normal reading distance. What I do find disturbing are the imperfections around the edge of the desaturation, especially the edge of the left arm (viewer right) holding the magazine, a part of the hair and a small spot on the magazine.

Vases Filled With Water
by GolferDDS

Comment:
I wonder how many people will notice the structure of lines in the vases is not all the same and does not match the background. Did you put separate cardboard with lines behind them ? Very nice. I find the very slight irregularities in the background material distracting, nothing major, but not perfect. Cropping in the middle of the last dark line on the left would have reduced attention to that.

First Light
by autool

Comment:
A nice peaceful and tranquil atmosphere, hard to get right with such extreme highlights and shadows in the image. The only thing I am wondering is how it would have looked twelve hours later, at sunset. I looks like the light is coming from the right and therefore a sunset from the left would put some more light on the sand and increase structure and add some more WOW factor.

The Blue Window
by aKiwi

Comment:
I love the vibrant colors and the soft light in the image. I think I would have preferred just one main focal point, I find my eyes moving back and forth between the sundial and the window. The window is non square, probably due to your viewpoint below it, I would have tried to distort it to make it absolutely square, although it also works well as it is.

The Bearded Lady
by ellamay

Comment:
I am going to be critical (well I usually am anyway). I like the shot but think it could have been better. I like the colors and details of the butterfly and the soft green undistracting surroundings. But the butterfly is in the perfect position to get full sharpness and in your image the top of the wings and the top of the antenna is outside the depth of field. You were probably limited from using a smaller aperture due to low light (I don't see sunny highlights or flash) but I am making my comments anyway.

Haunting Absence
by tyt2000

Comment:
I like it that this image makes me wonder what is going on, what is the story behind it. It looks overall slightly soft. Also I find my eyes moving back and forth between the lights and the chair and, considering your title, the chair should maybe have had a more prominent position so it becomes the one and only focal point.

Naughty .... but nice
by agwright

Comment:
An attractive image to me, appealing, but no WOW factor. Could be used in advertising with some more empty space around it. Technically I cannot suggest any improvements. Nice clean background. Good focus on the strawberry, nice depth of field and blur, good soft light without overexposed white parts.

Ethan, Dirty Face and All
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
The expression is great, the eyes are radiating, full of energy, and the B&W works well. To fully appreciate this image I think you must be a relative or close friend. For me it does not have the appeal that some of the others in the challenge have, but a good image anyway.

Aloft
by Brad

Comment:
Great, fantastic atmosphere, great choice of toning of the image. Such a sailing ship can really give a messy image with all the ropes going across, but I think you have managed to use that to your advantage here. The diagonals created by the sails, the line of the mast, the ropes and then on top of it the lines in the sky all add to a well composed image. Congrats.

Sunset at Castle Hill
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Great job, what a dramatic and beautiful atmosphere. I assume the colors are not fully like they were in real life, but I think they are not too artifical to hurt the image. It all fits well together, I especially like the low light across the grass and against the tower.