Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by magenmarie:
I am so bummed out that this photo didn't place higher! It was my FAVORITE from the challenge. Maybe becuase you can't actually see the seed. But it is an AMAZING shot nonetheless. I LOVE it. :)

Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by Keith Maniac:
Excellent shot. VERY nice use of shallow Depth of Field. Excellent light, too. Probably won't place as high as it deserves, but I hope I'm wrong. Good luck in the challenge.

Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by EVincent:
I like the photo but I would have no idea that's what is happening in it without reading it. I think a really good photo shouldn't need explaining.Then again I guess what I like about it is it's mysterious quality.

Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by Tandango:
I really like this shot with the soft focus, but would never guess the theme from it.

Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by 777STAN:
Unique DOF...I would have to think about this one........
It has notable merit, but the "splay-focus" on the little girl's face doesn't make a great first impression. However, I do give you "snaps" for edgy artistic value! :)

Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by winknasmile:
very nice.

Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by magenmarie:
This is an amazing shot. I love it. Beautiful composition and dof. Lovely, lovely, LOVELY! My favorite of the challenge. 10 from me!

Honeysuckle seeds thrown to the Wind
by mattforbes

Comment by h2:
ok, but why aren't they in the pic?

Through a window at 8:42PM
by mattforbes

Comment by xianart:
your riddle crit matt!

this is an interesting shot, that realy suffered because of it's poor resolution, i think.

i like your shadow, and the tones are lovely. the colours are gorgeous and very effective. however, i think the composition could be greatly improved. cropping the image so the door with sahdow and home sweet home sign are the only subjects would help; it's a little busy and messy.

of course, cropping it would run you afoul of futher reducing the resolution. so, the only thing i can say there is - shoot at the highest resolution possible on your camera (which is pretty damned high,, i jsut checked), or if it's texture you were going for, make it more obvious. with a sparser composition, it would have looke d a little less like poor resolution, it isn't. does that make any sense?

so - a good start to an image, with a few nice features. keep shooting - practice can make pretty damned good - if not perfect (perfection is boring, right?).

Mainstreet Buford
by mattforbes

Comment by godiva:
Too much color saturation