Every little girls dream...
by piaffe529

Comment:
It is a pretty horse and you have captured a dream of many a young girls. However, as others have stated, the image really has some technical issues that resulted in the sub 5 score.

First, the lighting is not flattering and works against you - the background is too bright and takes us away from the horse. Second, the extraneous pole, harness, and other lines distract from the beauty of the horse. Third, the color cast seems off.

I understand that you were trying to use blur to give a feeling of dreaminess - but with the other technical issues, this blur just seemed like OOF.

Simplifying the image is what is needed for photos on this site to do well - taking a shot of the horse head without the harness and making sure the background does not distract would have scored much better.

iBook
by Abstract

Comment:
very creative shot - love the composition and concept. I think this could have been just about perfect if there was slightly better cutting of the pages on the left hand side of the slice - a couple of the pages don't quite line up - but that is being ever so picky!!! 9

Paper Face
by groovySunflower

Comment:
very creative shot - love the artistic feel of this - 10

Precision
by roba

Comment:
really well lit - nice lines and details

message in a bottle
by kenobi

Comment:
really great concept here - but I am not at all fond ofthe choice of very severe saturation

Knowledge In Bloom
by sudhi

Comment:
love the shapes in the image - just wish the lighting was a little softer on the top left of the image so the pages weren't completely blown out - 8

Curls Just Want to Have Fun
by Pug-H

Comment:
nice leading lines and colors

Traveling Abroad
by BHuseman

Comment:
love it - very simple and so hilarious! I have been in this silly situation more times than I can count

day 16. 50 days square crop. exuberance
by roz

Comment:
roz - really fine image - the sharpness of the horse and the softness of the coat really are complemented by the blur of the background in motion.

When Luck Ran Out
by Jutilda

Comment:
Really cool processing on this one - the off centered shot on the socks really adds some nice drama and tension to the photo