The nature is strong and wants it back...?
by olnos

Comment by augustus:
good contrast

The nature is strong and wants it back...?
by olnos

Comment by tomzinho:
i don't know what's going on here . . .

frightened.jpg
by olnos

Comment by Neil:
Love the point of view; lighting and the colors of the girl contrast nicely with the scene and give it wonderful aesthetic!

The nature is strong and wants it back...?
by olnos

Comment by justine:
The nature is strong and wants it back...? This title seems really abstract to me. Nature would reclaim a fiberglass boat? Sorry that I don't get. The shot is okay, good focus, light and color. I think you could looked for something with a better composition and not so abstract meaning of strong/strength. True the rope is strong and yes, it's holding the boat but without seeing the rest of the scene we are left to guess. Just my 2cents. Good luck in the challenge.

Biking is hard to learn.., and it hurts!
by olnos

Comment by undieyatch:
This has certianly more than enough subject matter pertaining to a wheel. The girl's expression is perfect.... and glad she has a helmet on.

Biking is hard to learn.., and it hurts!
by olnos

Comment by cris:
I gave this shot a 3. My reason being that I didn't feel that it met the challenge which was to take a shot of " a Wheel ". It's a lovely shot of your daughter but I felt that the bike in the background was secondary to the main subject which was your daughter.
I feel that i scored your shot fairly. One of my favourite shots from this challenge was of flowers (I commented on that shot that I would have happily given it a 10 if the challenge was to take a shot of some flowers but as it didn't meet the challenge I gave it a 1)

Cat outside
by olnos

Comment by willem:
Very strange color cast.

Biking is hard to learn.., and it hurts!
by olnos

Comment by rananculus:
I gave this foto an 8, but your comment is out of line here. Photography is subjective, and on this site, majority rules. The subject of this picture is the girl, not the wheel. It is encouraged here that we give maximum consideration to the theme. That's the dificulty of this challange oriented site. Coming up with ideas twice a week that fit. My guess is that many people didn't think that it met the challange. You are exactly right that this is a wonderful shot, but your playing long odds going 113 to 1.

Biking is hard to learn.., and it hurts!
by olnos

Comment by grdSavant:
I wonder if it is "compositionally perfect?" The rule of thirds is an empirical determination to attempt an explanation of why we respond so favorably to one image and perhaps not to another. One of the things we seem not to enjoy so much is an image divided in half, and your picture seems to be, diagonally. The geometrical average of the mass of the wonderful little girl fills in just exactly half the shot. So maybe that is part of people's reaction. Maybe it is cropped too tight.

Also, your fill-in flash is perhaps a bit overdone. The face is featureless, the eyebrows are missing and the image in right on the edge of being blown out.

Cat outside
by olnos

Comment by JPR:
I have a guess as to whose this is....I love the toning on this, which is funny cause you'd think a turquoise/greenish/purpley cat would be something rather well, uh, gross. But this really gives a sense of mystery to the car, behind the eyes it looks wise. Artistic pet photographers unite! 10