Cuttin' It Close!
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
good control of DOF here, Ken.
Very nice and clean photo too.
(nice watch too, by the way)

Hammer Time
by graphicfunk

Comment:
you're good at these, Dan!
Read your description and still dont think I could have pulled it off at all, lol. Congrats on the top 10 finish - well deserved.

A Balancing Act
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I love the glow and softness of it all.
Great photo here.

Grapes of Wrath
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
19th place with a crazy score of 6.441 is your idea of "destined for the bottom of the heap" series? I'm beat, Art! No, I think I'm quitting! And all thanks to you for discouraging me! How could your "destined for the bottom of the heap" pictures do so well, while my "destined to ribbon" photos get crappy 4.x scores? LOL

Anyway, was checking your profile for latest submissions and saw this one. I must say, it's hilarious! Sorry didn't vote for the Literary Challenge. The grapes reminded me of Mr potato head, lol - I wonder if you've watched their cartoons before.

Congrats on the 19th placement!

DEVOTION
by Rikki

Comment:
Hi Rikki,
of all the "surviving" photos from your Japan trip (why did u remove them? lol), this thumbnail caught my fancy the most. I like the colours, and the natural light shining through the smoke. However, just one tiny complaint is that the photo looks like it has gone through too much NR, a little plasticky especially on the person's skin and the big urn in front? Just my personal opinion tho, and I still like it. cheers!

Dunce
by ShutterPug

Comment:
LOL, an adorable little fella. Thanks for the smiles!

p/s: Linda, is that you?

Asynchronous Transmutations
by jjbeguin

Comment:

Originally posted by jjbeguin: -Transmutation- Both elements are going from one state to the other (bone to dust and snow to water) -Asynchronous- The two elements in this case transmute at very different speed and rhythm.

I find this a clever photo with 2 elements to describe the "eventuality" of things. Guess some voters didn't get the point of it. Still, a smart photo.

Dante's Inferno
by Rikki

Comment:
interesting and dark photo.
contrasted mine entirely :)
I like the skull-like faces, how did you do those?

The Soul of a Flower
by stare_at_the_sun

Comment:
score of 6.660? that's the mark of you-know-who, hehe
very nice use of empty space on this photo.

I got my eyes on you, Earthling!
by IreneM

Comment:
very impressive! and congrats on the ribbon.
I'm amazed by this shot, I hope I can do something like this someday.
thanks for the inspiration.