Just a Car Crash Away
by Pipe_Dream

Comment:
A good solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image but of less than universal appeal. A good entry into the challenge.

Tree Pose
by Links 2 3 4

Comment:
A good solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image but of less than universal appeal due to the rather odd use of DOF - the foreground is distracting and not a positive for this image. A good entry into the challenge.

V
by prperold

Comment:
A good solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it has significant impact being richly colored with excellant detail in the foreground. This image would have worked as a black and white as well. A perfect demonstration of the power of properly controlled light and focus. A top ten image and a very strong contender for a ribbon. Well done.

On th Canal Bank
by Marston

Comment:
A good solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image but of less than universal appeal. A good entry into the challenge.

Easter Sunday
by shanksware

Comment:
Right on the edge of being oversharpened, this is a good solid commercial type of image image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, as previously stated, it has a certain appeal that is often found in professional portraits of children for special occasions. A very competant portrait and a good entry into the challenge.

Jet City Spring
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
A competant image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it is very dramatic with interesting details and a rather good mix of sky and cloud with the very slight color. An interesting image in that is has a grayscale feel to it - very unusual in a color photograph. Each image has to be evaluated on it's own merits and while this is a pretty standard cityscape, it sets it'self apart due to it's unigue presentation. A very worthy entry into the challenge and a potential top ten image.

Noble
by Kathe

Comment:
A good solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image - a very good portrait of a magnificent animal - rich in detail with good color and lighting management. A good entry into the challenge.

a study in patience
by krnodil

Comment:
A good solid image that is properly framed and composed - a technical success in terms of black and white conversion - good use of the zone system. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image but of less than universal appeal. This might have worked better as an oversharpened abstract with or without color. A good entry into the challenge.

The Tale of the Hummingbird and the Cheetah
by BAMartin

Comment:
A good solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, it is an intersting image - a very good portrait of a hummingbird - rich in detail with good color and lighting management. Excellant bokeh with good vague detail. A good entry into the challenge.

Lauren
by zaflabout

Comment:
A good solid image that is crisp, sharp and properly framed and composed - a technical success in every way. From an artistic standpoint, this style of close up portrait requires concentration and attention to detail and in this area, it has a rather significant flaw - the white shining through the hair on the right is a distraction and impacts the image negatively. If this issue had been seen when composing, it most likely would have been corrected making it a huge success. As it is, is has significant impact with excellant detail and highlight control - something not every photographer can properly capture and with the one issue corrected, it would have been perfect. A very good entry into the challenge and worthy of top fifteen placement and potentially a top ten.