Disarmament
by JuliBoc

Comment by ShutterPug:
sweet. lol I love the idea, composition, and sharp focus

Recurring Nightmare
by JuliBoc

Comment by xianart:
this is a wonderful image, very evocative. and thanks for the story too. i only figured out in my late 20s why i was so scared to put the duvet over my head (i'm still not mad on it) the duvet (which my son still uses) was bought by my parents when i was about 5. i remember reading on the plastic bag - keep away from children, danger of suffocation. of course, as a literal minded child, i took that to mean the duvet, not the bag. oops...

Turtle's World
by JuliBoc

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
If the turtles are the subject, i almost overlooked them except that the title pointed them out. Really nice image, though.

Fairy Dust
by JuliBoc

Comment by SandyP:
One of my worst scoring photos ever was in the toy challenge too, Juli. I think the thing about toy photos having a really hard time doing well is right -- plus -- have you noticed, there are aLOT of newbie voters that are even more brutal than the old timers.

I'm sorry you had to live thru a week of voting with a 3.85 score :( The second challenge I ever entered got a 3.8 too. (don't go look, I'm embarrassed. . .I didn't know what a macro was)

Anyway, I'm glad this is all over for you -- because your work is so pretty and successful.

(((( hug ))))

Recurring Nightmare
by JuliBoc

Comment by colorcarnival:
Oooh this should have scored higher. Excellent use of your lens to get this effect. It's got a dreamy quality but the subject makes it scary. Wonderful job of translating what your mind's eye sees!

Fairy Dust
by JuliBoc

Comment by colorcarnival:
Hi Julianne - I did not finish voting so I did not get to this picture. I love sparkly things especially when they are part of a figurine or even Christmas ornaments. I think I would have given this a 5. I look at this and do see the sparklies everywhere but for me, there's so much to look at that I cannot tell what it is that you really want me to focus on. I have also found that it helps to have the figureine looking at the viewer. That kind of engages them on some level. My fave part is the bokeh sparkles in the background. Oh and the border did not bother me at all - i think the green is a great complement to the sparkles :)

Hiding
by JuliBoc

Comment by MaryO:
Nice light on the lizard eye.

Turtle's World
by JuliBoc

Comment by Xuko:
With your title, I had to go hunting for them, wish they took up more of the photo.

Recurring Nightmare
by JuliBoc

Comment by levyj413:
Wow! Brilliant idea and excellent execution. Definitely nightmarish. And disarmament - hilarious! :)

Fairy Dust
by JuliBoc

Comment by jasonlprice:
Julianne, my initial reaction when I saw this was the grain and the border destroyed it. You said in your comments "lighting, composition, and focus are decent.." I think people are expecting the technicals to be perfect rather than decent in a free study (for good or bad...). I gave it a 4 during voting mainly because I had no "connection" with the subject conbined with the "decent" but not perfect technicals. I also agree with most of what has been said below.