study in Lilies
by bood

Comment:
Excellent effect. (Good to know about the box).

An Early Autumn Walk
by JPR

Comment:
This is quintessentially what it is. Can't imagine anything under 8 for this, but it's a 10 for me.

Incy Wincy Spider
by -Bec-

Comment:
Nothing lame. Human factor, BW, meets challenge, convincing... Sometimes 11 year olds are right on the mark.

SMILE
by JPR

Comment:
More than smile. Editing totally amplifies the power of the captured smile. (Hope I can learn from that). No less than 9.

1,2,3,4,...Hi-5!
by Kita

Comment:
Highly underrated. Perfectly executed photo: colours and light modeling on the hands give this real life, and the pattern element is totally arresting. Suppose not fitting voters' definition of minimalism, but then I can't quite think of a category it might fit, and that may be its strength.

Experiments in epistemology after Plato
by agenkin

Comment:
One day you'll ribbon, and I hope with a title as good as this one.

Cast
by xianart

Comment:
A wunderbar photo: main figure well positioned against idyllic scene and the dog at peak of stance, the boy adding context. Great treatment of light and dark. An 8 at the very least, but more from people like me.

in and out
by tnun

Comment:
Should have saved this for the "Bad" contest. Thanks for the great gamut of comments on this last minute underexposed, unpolarized, unarranged and totally oversaturated image. It was born a dud, but I tried to milk it - fascinating what information there is in these bad shots - and then, ignominy, posthumous beat me with supernumeral mathematics out of total extinction.

Message edited by author 2007-01-31 02:47:01.

Breath's Entrance
by posthumous

Comment:
Ditto jaysonmc. I thought I got the brown. Not fair.

Friendship and Determination
by fencekicker

Comment:
Great shot. Wonderful subjects (no artifice in evidence) stand out against muted but defined background. Also fits my Platonic Idea of what a photo is. (Not sure about the frame: I'd opt for something more classic like white or black; the grey seems to merge with tree trunk on the right). (Disagree that it needs more contrast; the contrast is there where it belongs, in the subjects). At least an 8.