Tootsie
by dtallakson

Comment:
Looks a bit underexposed overall to me. These shots always make me wonder if they are found or produced, but I generally like them in any case, though I always hope they're stumbled upon, the photographer walking along staring at the ground.

Old Ventura Highway
by ambaker

Comment:
Glorious dilapidation. I like how this is largely abstracted from the line segment itself, made into something entirely separate.

Burning Butt
by obscurity

Comment:
Ah, very good! One of the few shots I would really say are macro, and a mostly untouched subject to boot!
Nice job.

Mittelstreifen
by chanser

Comment:
Nice textures in the paint and the asphalt.

The Fallen
by Tiberius

Comment:
You've done a great job abstracting things. I wonder if BW would make this even more abstract. Perhaps you wondered the same and thought voters would appreciate it less that way, but I think it might make the image all the more poignant if we stare death in the eye and don't even know it.
Interesting shot, I enjoy it.

Dumpster Diver
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I like how much the subject is lurking within the frame, hiding in that sea of green. Pleasing composition. One of my favorites in voting so far.

from between the cracks we rise
by saintaugust

Comment:
Cliche but nicely captured. I like how the curve of the stem is mirrored in the leaf itself.

Ache.
by herfotoman

Comment:
This is intense.
I really like this shot, because it sorta puts the viewer on edge. I like that it feels a bit underexposed, it adds to the mood.
Personally, I disagree with the comment about the title. I always view titles secondary to the image, and I knew exactly what this was about before reading the title. If anything, I think the title itself doesn't quite carry the gravity that the picture holds. The perspective is really nicely chosen. Great work.

A Mother's Love
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Nice shot Michelle. I'm going through this challenge looking only at images that I actually enjoy, thumbnail selecting, since the challenge matter is one which I'm not too keen of. I'm glad your shot scored as well as it did, since I think the way you captured the mother and puppy is very nice. Great composition, and the texture of the puppy's face is splendid. Great job.

Missed dead dude's comment below mine and only saw it in the forums. Congratulations!

Message edited by author 2011-10-26 02:19:37.

Left Behind
by AllenP

Comment:
I'm pleasantly surprised that you did as well as you did with this. I don't vote all that often these days, and I purposefully avoided this one because of the subject matter just not being my taste.
Your shot makes me sad that I didn't vote, simply so that I could have given this the high vote it was due. The depth of field on this is marvelously done, and be it the processing or the natural light of the scene, but it fits the idea and the image marvelously. And, of course, the moment and the fact that your captured it, is awesome. Great candid shooting.
Very, very nice.