Lunch gang
by Melethia

Comment by scooter97:
A chance to smile at least a little. Much better than the non-flattering candids everyone seems to capture of me. ;)

Family
by Melethia

Comment by posthumous:
Good candid. Excellent job of isolating the boy and making him the subject.

Family
by Melethia

Comment by LiamD2005:
A great photo but a bit shoehorned into the safety challenge. Still gets 7/10 though.
I like the movement in this image, how the focus is on the kid and everything else is blurred.

Curl
by Melethia

Comment by posthumous:
beautiful! Too bad I never got to this one in the voting!

Curl
by Melethia

Comment by SandyP:
Niiiiice! I love this look of brown drying leaves. It reminds me of autumn, which always makes me happy.

Lunch gang
by Melethia

Comment by MaryO:
Remind me to sit up straight next time!

Ordering
by Melethia

Comment by MaryO:
I do sometimes suffer from a little distortion; not everyone captures it ;-)

Curl
by Melethia

Comment by citymars:
Perhaps my challenge favorite. I would have put this on the front page for sure. Lovely use of duotone (if that's the correct term).

Curl
by Melethia

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I find your notes interesting, as I was not sure about it when voting, and the blurred part being in the foreground, partially blocking the rest was kind of odd. I waffled between 5-7 and then decided that something that made me look that carefully deserved the 7. Didn't leave a comment, as I was speed-voting at the last minute and could not nail down what I liked/disliked about it at the time. I think what I really like is the the curled leaves, and the way the light is playing on it. The tilted background adds some interest. The blurred foreground leaves blocking the main subject is the only real issue with this one, but the rest of the image is strong and carries it through. I'm really impressed by a lot of your recent B&W work.

Curl
by Melethia

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Coolness! Looks like a scene from the Nightmare before Christmas. :)