levinja
by smurfguy

Comment by Neat:
This is the best of the dirty face images, simply because the dirt covers her whole face and her look is intense. Well done.

levinja
by smurfguy

Comment by Lydia:
Oops! There it is! A 10. :D

levinja
by smurfguy

Comment by caba:
Top 3

Shoplifter
by smurfguy

Comment by Neat:
Oh ok I thought it might be a DQ I still gave you a 7, good idea.

Shoplifter
by smurfguy

Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Yup, this was a bummer dq Jeff! However, I guess since many voters obviously thought your daughter was strong enough to hold the trolley up then yes, you tricked them. ok, so a wire may have better suited the challenge but surely the same voters would be tricked again?

There was an entry not so long ago where an entire ship was poorly (imho) removed from a shot but remember it was ok as when they removed it the sea/sky was replaced and the ship definitely would have distracted my view of the image.

Still it's a great shot Jeff :)

Shoplifter
by smurfguy

Comment by tome:
After what we have seen in Advanced editing and all the talk about pushing beyond expert, this is a silly and totally unnecessary DQ. Badly written as well, that last sentence makes no sense. Not sure what exactly bothered the SC.

Does the "typical viewer" really suffer so much from the removed strap and the flash behind the jar? Unbelievable!

Shoplifter
by smurfguy

Comment by Beetle:
Sorry, but I agree with the DQ.

The bucket is odd enough and I kept looking at it, wondering about its significance.
Had you not cloned away the strobe light, I would have spent even more time looking at that part of the image.

You really think you would get the same description/feel/impression from a photo that appears to have a small child magically juggling a cart, vs seeing that it WAS (of course) strung up?

Sorry, but that is too much "pushing" in my books, too.

However, it is a super cute shot for the family album!

Shoplifter
by smurfguy

Comment by Lydia:
What a cute little cart and an adorable girl!

I wanted to do this kind of thing, but my cart was 'regular-sized'. You've done a great job of it.

I wish he face were more sharply in focus... that's my only complaint. :D

Shoplifter
by smurfguy

Comment by PennyStreet:
Now that's pretty funny! cute child too!!

Shoplifter
by smurfguy

Comment by Neat:
Cute!

Wonder if you will get this validated.