Clean
by boyte1

Comment:
Hrm. Maybe a shallower focus would have given a stronger contrast between the foreground and the background; as it is, in the same focus and almost exactly the same ranges of color (ok, BW), it's almost hard to figure out where one ends and the other begins.

Beatle
by Jacko

Comment:
Marvellous shot. Great crisp macro, with DOF just short enough to fade the legs and plant but leave all the antennae and most of the body in focus. The lighting is wonderfully numinous, too, and the toning subtle and just enough to accentuate, instead of taking over.

"Duo"...tone
by tfarrell23

Comment:
The shot is so busy that the eye doesn't really have anywhere to go. The focus and lighting are nice, but the image itself is a bit of a jumble.

Looks Can Kill
by magnus

Comment:
Somehow the pose looks stiff, almost as if the model's all tensed up and thinking 'Damn, when can I put this stupid knife down and go home?' It doesn't feel natural (not that it WOULD be, but it could feel so), and that detracts a bit from the overall appeal of the shot. Nice reflection, though.

Colorado
by rll07

Comment:
I'm going to have to grade this down a bit for not being about YOUR home, IMHO. This is of course just my own (perhaps over-narrow) interpretation of the challenge, but I have to draw lines somewhere to make judging easier, and I feel people who tried to shoot their own home deserve a better chance at high scores. This is a lovely distant landscape, but could have been entered in any number of other challenges. There's nothing about it that screams, "Hey! I belong in Home Sweet Home!"

Another flower
by Crafty Sue

Comment:
I'm going to have to grade this down a bit for not being about your home, IMHO. This is of course just my own (perhaps over-narrow) interpretation of the challenge, but I have to draw lines somewhere to make judging easier, and I feel people who tried to shoot their own home deserve a better chance at high scores in this challenge. This might well be a flower in your personal yard, but there's no way of telling that from the photograph.

We have this cosy townhouse at the waterfront with a magnificent view
by johnmk

Comment:
I'm going to have to grade this down a bit for not being about YOUR home, IMHO. This is of course just my own (perhaps over-narrow) interpretation of the challenge, but I have to draw lines somewhere to make judging easier, and I feel people who tried to shoot their own home deserve a better chance at high scores.

My two (mush)room apartment.
by Havok

Comment:
I'm going to have to grade this down a bit for not being about YOUR home, IMHO. This is of course just my own (perhaps over-narrow) interpretation of the challenge, but I have to draw lines somewhere to make judging easier, and I feel people who tried to shoot their own home deserve a better chance at high scores.

Patriotic
by jpb56ny

Comment:
I'm going to have to grade this down a bit for not being about YOUR home, IMHO. This is of course just my own (perhaps over-narrow) interpretation of the challenge, but I have to draw lines somewhere to make judging easier, and I feel people who tried to shoot their own home deserve a better chance at high scores. That's a public building, not a home.

Backyard Resident, at least until he can fly!
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
I'm going to have to grade this down a bit for not being about YOUR home, IMHO. This is of course just my own (perhaps over-narrow) interpretation of the challenge, but I have to draw lines somewhere to make judging easier, and I feel people who tried to shoot their own home deserve a better chance at high scores. Great macro nature shot ... but not for this challenge.