Every Rose has its Thorns
by giantmike

Comment by Marfun:
Hang in there, and try to remember parents make mistakes too.

New Fun with an Old Toy
by giantmike

Comment by Skip:
One of my favorite type of newspaper assignments is to capture "wild art", which is defined as "Stand-Alone, Feature Shot, Enterprise art are found moments that are intended to be realistic slices of everyday life" (definition taken from this glossary). These are typically images that caption themselves, not needing a lot of words to get their point across. For this challenge, I'm scoring images as whether I'd like to see them on the front page of a paper as feel good wild art. If I don't think they would make the paper, I'm then asking myself, "does it make me feel good?" If it doesn't do much for me, well then, oh well...

Somebody's having a good time!

New Fun with an Old Toy
by giantmike

Comment by Giles:
ahh i remember my tonka trucks :) i now have real ones heeh :) 8

Happy Returns
by giantmike

Comment by bvy:
Juicy.

Imminent Demise
by giantmike

Comment by MaryO:
Very creative take on the challenge; should have scored higher IMO.

Ganymede Stream
by giantmike

Comment by neenee1999:
Beautiful serene image. I really like the amber glow of the lights.

Imminent Demise
by giantmike

Comment by PennyStreet:
HA! love it.

Heron Watch
by giantmike

Comment by hahn23:
Great Blue Heron. Lots of habitat. The bird is a small portion of the scene, but I do like environmental images.

Imminent Demise
by giantmike

Comment by CRe8n4u:
Wonderful perspective, colors, bokeh. Nice image!

Imminent Demise
by giantmike

Comment by MaryO:
My lawn mower mostly eats weeds ;-). Nice perspective and the bokeh adds context to the machine.