Training Days
by SherwinJames

Comment:
Nice use of monochrome. Not sure about the sepia, though. It's still one of my faves in this challenge so far. (But I am biased to bicycle pictures)

Broken
by geneward2

Comment:
What a message this delivers. Probably won't ribbon, but certainly deserves some other recognition for effective delivery of a strong message.

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid."
by glad2badad

Comment:
I'm not a gun person, so I did not immediately recognize this as a bb gun. Almost cried "DNMC". I like the way the woodtones appear in this. Rich and textured.

"Hey kids there's some candy over there" ...(Playground was cleared for this contest)
by ondninja

Comment:
Nice and bold, both the image itself and the concept in the title.

The Age Of Innocence
by rio78

Comment:
DOF is not that great on the left side. Otherwise this would have been a really good shot.

A Sliding Child Population
by mhannigan

Comment:
Seems like a casual snapshot, i'm afraid.

Childhood basics :)
by FocusPoint

Comment:
Awwww, he's having to play alone! I like it. Good lighting and comp. It works.

The Cowboy
by Crafty

Comment:
I like the image, though the crop seems a little too tight.

Long forgotten childhood
by JulietNN

Comment:
Good, though a little too dark, and I'm viewing it on a fairly new and calibrated monitor right now.

A huge part of the problem here is that too much JPEG compression is killing the details. Your file size is only 22k, and you could have used up to 150k in this challenge. Always used the lowest level of compression (resulting in the largest file and greatest detail) that will sneak in under the limit for a challenge.

Winter Sunset in the Northern hampshire
by whiterook

Comment:
I don't see anything here that specifically says "childhood". I like the sunbeams appearance, but it's not an outstanding sunset shot otherwise.