The Cat in the Hat
by asdxrwh

Comment:
There are some serious problem areas with this photo. First is the back lighting that over powers various elements in the shot, and throws extremely strong distracting shadows into the foreground. Second is the infinity focus - a shallower depth of field would have helped the background be much less distracting. Your shot probably suffered score-wise because people did not feel that it met the challenge subject.
On the plus side, this is a very whimsical shot - I love the bathtub with the toy ships, and the shower head spraying water. This is a great scene, and well worth capturing. You probably had very little choice in time of day or lighting.
Regardless of the technicals on this, it does one great thing. It makes me smile.

Muddy River Run 2009
by dtremain

Comment:

Originally posted by pixelpig: Cool. Looks like a blast. Did you get more pics?

446 more, to be exact... more on those to come, hopefully... It is a cool story, and I hope what I'm planning works out.

TheyCallMeHammer
by rkligman

Comment:
Huh? I don't see any possible way this deserves a bottom 10 finish. You're using nice bokah for the background, fairly even lighting on the face, no hot spots on the glasses, nit-picks (and they are that) - light spot on his left forehead, lower portion of tie is a bit washed out color-wise. I may have tried a crop through his right shoulder (red background side), so he anchors the picture with his head / body, and is looking into negative space (which, if there is room in your original a bit more would be better). I have no clue who the man is, but it looks like he is a reporter for CNN, or is giving a statement to CNN. I even like his slightly bemused expression that you caught.

I Don't Want to Go!
by dtremain

Comment:

Originally posted by The_Tourist: Awesome snap. She looks like she might have a heart attack. The go cart looks pretty cool too. If you got a shot of her grinning ear to ear, you've got to post that too.

My motion pan isn't the greatest, and the shot of her grinning is pretty blurry. I'll post it anyhow...

Comfortable shoes
by Melethia

Comment:
You have to understand life's priorities, and sleep is a priority! Besides, if he's sleeping on your shoes, you're not going anywhere!

Vicky
by in2truth

Comment:
Nice tonsil shot. You ever wonder why the camera-shy folks can't figure out it is better to just hold still and let you take the picture - can't be less flattering than blurry mouth wide open tongue hanging out... Smile. Hope she doesn't mind too much...

MT_TF022409_FNL.jpg
by timfythetoo

Comment:
I hadn't seen this. This is great. Not only a great shot, but even the ad itself!

Indian Lake 1
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Would that be the same "Indian Lake" as the rock song ad? Nice shot. I agree about the perspective. It almost looks like a cut and past from two different images - the rock clues and height cues are just wrong!

self-portrait.jpg
by vawendy

Comment:
Love the intense look in your eyes!

"Pushing Daisies"
by tmorninglory96

Comment:
The bright grass and overlit daisies detract a lot from the mood of this shot.