"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment by Aghris:
Lovely shot, but wouldn't it be better to crop the boring walls a bit more?

"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment by Sinky:
Ha ha ha, I just love it! What a great capture, and so well applied to the lyrics. Made me chuckle.

"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment by loseme:
Oh my goodness, is this real? Amazing work, I love it.

Public Library
by Melethia

Comment by 777STAN:
"Line upon line, precept upon precept, Here a little, There a little..." Wisdom about Education from the Library between two covers: The Bible! :)

Careful...beverage...extremely hot
by Melethia

Comment by tngrndream:
hello again,

congrats on the high finish.

this image is great. funny and well set out. ifn you would have got that flame to be a bit more of a single flame type unit and sharp this would have won.

P-i-P (a nod to jjbeguin's lovely duotones)
by Melethia

Comment by FocusPoint:
Oh boy!

What a composition... I am jealous :P

Simple (!!) photos like that amazes me all the time... I love it :D

Keep up the good work ;)

Careful...beverage...extremely hot
by Melethia

Comment by eschelar:
Really nicely done Mel. This was one of my favorites during voting too... It's a bit soft, so I am guessing that your shutter speed was just a tad slow for it... This translates to ambient light on the cup and of course the aperture too... ISO 200 at f/4 might have helped the fire look a bit brighter, while getting it a bit faster might have brought out some lines... Just an idea... I'm also not a huge fan of the foil... I would probably have gone with pulling the black background down to the bottom instead... for safety, you could have lined the non-visible parts of the BG with foil...

Missing Man Formation
by Melethia

Comment by pineapple:
This image grabs you. The change in hues, rather than being a gimick, enhances the viewing experience. Great work. Voted - but took too long to comment!

Careful...beverage...extremely hot
by Melethia

Comment by DanSig:
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great picture, and it scored accordingly.

when I first saw it, it reminded me of all the funny "warnings" you can find on American wrapings.. like on a bag of nuts "warning may contain nuts" and on a kitchen knife "warning knife may be sharp"

to get a warning that the coffie you just bought might be hot is strange... you'd never buy it if it were cold ;)

back to the picture... composition, lighting and subject are all very well thought of, and the picture is very good.

Cannon Cover
by Melethia

Comment by DanSig:
[[trading post]]

this is very amusing picture, composition is good, lighting is good, and the only thing I found wrong was that blown out spot in the sky, if that would be ok then this image would have scored much higher.

still the 23rd place is very good :)