Thorough
by RKT

Comment:
Oh, wow, I loved this one, so happy to see it score so highly. Fantastic concept and execution (pun wasn't planned, but heck I'll keep it in ;) ). Congrats on a top ten!

Middleton Doll
by Melethia

Comment:
Congrats Deb! Outstanding score, and that commenter avg is to die for.

Nuthatch2.jpg
by jstrong

Comment:
I am utterly amazed you captured a nuthatch holding still. :) Nice detail.

Wrought Iron Fence
by trevytrev

Comment:
The angle is just right - not so much that it makes people think "why?", but enough to emphasize the abstract nature of the composition and inject it with a bit of energy. B/W is a good choice for this particular one.

Red Barn - Day 5
by brownsm

Comment:
I bet you get a lot of photographic mileage out of that barn. ;) I like the color choices here.

I came upon a stone cottage
by trevytrev

Comment:
Awesome again, Trevor. You do IRs very well.

by nixter

Comment:
This is just so very appealing to me - the truncated view some would see as a compositional flaw, or at least question the point of it (why not show his whole head?), but I think it serves the purpose of concentrating our attention on the mundane in surprising ways. When we look at a shot that is traditionally composed I think we tend to switch to autopilot and drink in the iconic and expected forms before our eyes, without really seeing them - we fall back on visual shorthand, the viewing side of it I mean, not just in the presenting. When we are faced with a non-traditional framing, we are prodded to really look.

Also I like how that chair back neatly divides this image into two tableaux, one of the foreground man and his implied companion just off to the right, and the other of the family background grouping.

30.52 Mom plus two
by Melethia

Comment:
I think having her head cropped out in part makes this shot more dynamic, gives it a sense of immediacy, and especially with the strong b/w contrasts in her face, makes it an effective focal point. I am kitten-susceptible right now for some reason - must look away before it causes me to run out and adopt those two Tuxedos I came across in a Petsmart yesterday. ;)

First Pay The Ladderman
by Coley

Comment:
Don't knock your "crazy" ideas, please - they're what puts you so far ahead of the pack. This is a brilliant concept and take on the challenge and all the more so given the minimalism of the presentation - to say so much with such impact without being heavy-handed about it is an art.

Giraffes4263.jpg
by JeffryZ

Comment:
Wow - must try to get to the zoo sometime this month. :) I like how infrared here offers up a better-presented foreground - in regular color or even regular black and white, the background trees might have been too dark to allow the giraffe to stand out so well.