The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by Manic:
A shot full of feelings of apprehension - good composition, great choice of lighting (the gloomy doorway is perfect), and a cunning title ;o) Gotta give it a 10...
- Manic -

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by Martin:
Nice. Maybe the whole name should be visible above the entrance.

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by ghop83@earthlink.net:
nice shot! those were the days...

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by DougPaz:
The blue lunch bag made this photo for me. I can really feel his tension.

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by daysez:
This is the third time I have looked at this image, the thumbnail gets my attention with the blue bag. Then I see thge full size image I get lost in all the details, maybe a tighter crop and a slightly different angle to just focus on the child and the word 'SCHOOL' and a bit of the front door handle. Still one of my top ten picks this week.

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by Gracious:
Nice concept that meets the challenge well. Too dark though. Composition is good.

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by Remie:
It looks like he's doubting if he shoud go or not. You should have given him a laser-swords too :)
Seriously, I like the strong composition of this photo and the way the blue colored bag stands out is superb. Besides that I like the way you showed the first schoolday a lot! The angle of the wall on the right is distrubing though. Maybe you should have framed/cropped the photo in such way that it would not be visable at all. That's the only reason I give it a 9 instead of a 10.

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by Swashbuckler:
I like the emotional hesitation this shot portrays. The clarity is very nice, but some parts seem dark to me, like the boy's arm and the entryway. I like the entryway being dark, implies a foreboding, but not the arm. 7 Swash

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by HBunch:
This photo hits hard with me cause I have a little boy too who will be going to pre school in the near future. This could have been entered into the fear challenge too! I love how you captured the word school in the photo like that. Wouldn't make as much sense if you had left that out. Really nice photo. I only slightly understood the title the first time I glanced through and voted now I see the little lunch bag. That's too cute. Great job and good luck in the challenge.

The Force Be With You
by karmat

Comment by jmsetzler:
This is my favorite photo this week :) The bright blue bag against the flat background is excellent... I love the sense of 'new' and the sense of 'fear' in this photo... great work :) = 10 - jmsetzler