05_Vulindlela
by em3

Comment:
Excellent capture in mid flight! I am amazed at the sharpness of the car, especially with how fast these things go. The blur of the background adds a nice touch of kinetic feel to the image.

Knowing how colorful these cars can be, I would love to see the original in color...

Mission San Jose.jpg
by RedDotCom

Comment:
the perspective really is well done here - the angles of the pews add such a nice repeating theme. I especially like how the cross is illuminated. i guess my one complaint is the sharpness of the image - i see that you say the full sized image is nice and sharp - don't forget to give resized images for web a bit of sharpening before posting (i like UnSharp Mask at 200%,0.2 pixels,0 threshold) just to give it a bit of pop.

JessicaPortrait-33-V4.jpg
by 777STAN

Comment:
i quite like the lighting on her hair - it really gives the image a nice shine, but it seems that there was not enough light on her face (either with fill flash or reflector). i am not sure that the post processing to lighten her face works here - it seems to make the light very flat and gray - and this doesn't seem consistent with the rest of the lighting in the photo.

Pretty Stream
by Veiolets

Comment:
i love how the birches are set off almost evenly along the stream. the two posts on the sides of the image are a bit distracting and I would crop them out a bit. i also agree with other posters about the white snow in the lower left overwhelming the image - a lower angle so to bring more of the trees into play while losing so much foreground might work here (for the next time!)

Americana
by Veiolets

Comment:
the repeating and intersecting lines from the posts and siding and flag and windows and deck all work nicely together to maintain a theme. I just wonder about the very narrow vertical crop and the sharpness of the image. A lower angle on the initial shot may have provided a bit more potential for a wider vertical crop.

Week 01 - Curlys.jpg
by Ken

Comment:
i like the lightness of this image and the way that the curly shoots are still visible in the background. the intersecting lines of the main branch provides a nice anchor point to the image. I just wonder about the darker area in the upper right - I would almost consider cropping a bit of that out to make this more clean.

Week 04 - Studebaker
by Ken

Comment:
I love how the light gleems off the chrome. I wonder if the cropping is just a bit too tight in the horizontal direction (the headlamp on the left seems very close cropped.

Outside In
by noraneko

Comment:
Catherine - This is just stunning. I love the expression, the deep rich tones, and the feel of the whole thing. Congrats on a well deserved top 10.

Day Three - 2.jpg
by idnic

Comment:
Boy are you small!

Barbara HS.jpg
by BAMartin

Comment:
Nice boa! I love it