They learned not to interrupt Dolly’s beauty sleep
by markwiley

Comment:
Gosh - hope you don't tell too many bed time stories! ;-). This image is definitely telling a story! I love the setting with the dark floor and the dark background and I really like the lighting on the doll. Also your choice of doll. Although the big doll is your main focus, I am wondering if you shouldn't have brought the little figures to the front a bit more to increase their size a little. The little house is only just recogniseable as a house. Again, perhaps a bit bigger or slightly angled (depending what it was made of) may have just brought it out a bit more. You also just got the fire and exposure right. Perhaps just a tiny bit too much? Still IMO, overall definitely a very good photograph

In search of the lost Blue Ribbon (what a dangerous task!)
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
I like your sense of humor :-) and I like the way you presented the story. For me the top 2 and bottom 2 images don't seem to belong together because of the different background. The 3rd image with the green dinosaur still links to image 2 with the green background. But I feel you should have used a coloured bg for image 4 to tie things together better. I also think, since the blue ribbon was the point of the whole story, your lighting should have been on the ribbon. It seems to highlight an area to the left for no apparent reason. To remain with the 4th image, bacuse of your change of perspective, the toys actually look smaller than in the other photos, which to me again makes the 4th picture just not part of the others. I tried to zoom in on my monitor, perhaps that was the problem, but to me it looked like the toys are not 100% in focus. I think for this type of photograph they should be crisper. Your lighting in image 3 is very dramatic, I like. I also like the simple, crisp framing of the 4 images. that worked really well.

June 6,1944
by CaptUnderpants

Comment:
WOW! looked like you had fun on the beach :-). Very creative "set" and very good use of frame. IMO the figurines should have been a different colour to stand out more. I know they are *supposed* to blend into the sand, but this is about photography and not about realism :-). I like the composition of your image though with the "action" parts on the centre-diagonal and realively quiet areas in front and behind. Also think your exposure and lighting are good.

"... and then, I shot !"
by mariuca

Comment:
What a fun photograph :-). I like the lighting you used. It works really well on this little blue toy. Perhaps you could have done something to make the eye a bit brighter in post editing. I find the light cast in the bottom right corner spoils the image, as well as that bright red and white area under the camera. I suppose the reflection of your light sourse in the mirror (?) could have also been adressed, but somehow it doesn't worry me as much as the other 2 areas. Still, overall a nice image with composition and idea as well as DOF being really good IMO.

The Search for Art Roflmao Continues
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I really like your 3 images. The way you make the dinosaur stand out against the background with DOF as well as colour contrast, very neat (especially image 2, but I do like all of them). I also liked your choice of the 3 images, the way you cropped them and how you put them together - very effective. I *don't* get "the story" though.

No Age Restrictions
by dahlin

Comment:
Nice idea :-). I like the lighting, especially the way it highlights the doll, very clever. I can't make out the thing in the man's hand though :-( shame, I assume it adds to the "story". I feel that perhaps the background is too busy and/or too much in focus. If the photograph were about the man you would probably get away with it because of the relative size, but the doll has to "work hard" to stand out against it.

When New Meets Old
by BrianR

Comment:
This image for me is a bit too busy. Perhaps too many items and then the red blotch on the carpet which really draws my eye. The shoes could have perhps been typical children's shoes, if used at all?
I like the idea with the mirror though, but again, those 2 red flecks on the left are distracting I think.

T_Bone
by GeneralE

Comment:
I like the "story". Perhaps one of the cars could have be shown to come from "the side", since the accident seems to have taken place on the intersection. As it is now, they both drive in the same direction "at different times" and the accident doesn't make much sense as it is shown.
In the first 2 pictures the lense and/or your head is throwing a shadow which you avoided in the 3rd and probably should have addressed in the first 2. Also the light in the 3rd picture is somewhat "off". the cars look very "flat" in this light and the underside is a solid black without detail.
I do like the way you presented your story on the 3 panels and I like the colour combination. IMO with a bit more attention to the technical detail this would have been a very striking entry.

Going out for a walk
by mr_simmi

Comment:
I apologise, I am new to this and you are "stuck" with my comments. Pls. realise that this is *my* learning curve more than yours!
OK, so I have to say I am very critical about "interpretation of theme". I like your photograph for this challenge, but I don't like your title. What exactly are you showing? - "dog + leash", "collar + leash"? Both would work for me, so why use a title that doesn't fit the challenge?
I do like the b&W and I do like the composition and tight crop of your picture, as well as the lighting. I also think the smooth hair of the dog as a background, even though it is perfectly in focus works very well and does not distract from the main subjects. In fact I really like this photograph :-).

Beer and pretzels
by Mike

Comment:
I apologise, I am new to this and you are "stuck" with my comments. Pls. realise that this is *my* learning curve more than yours!
This image to me is "perfect" for this challenge. You worked within the theme and the photograph is beautifully composed. Both the background and dark reflective surface help to show off the main subject, which is in focus and for this particularl image important, very "apetizing" (and I don't drink beer as a rule :-)). Although I am not sure what made you choose a yellow nylon string to attach the pretzel, IMO it does not harm or distract from the picture. My only slight negative comment is the "look" of the pretzel. I have no idea where you come from, to me it looks "plastiky", but I am probably just used to ther types :-). One other minor thing which you may want to consider in future "beer shots" is to use a very cold glass that has some condensation. But that is also a personal preference of how I would like my beer :-). For the picture the clear yellow liquid in the glass (without condensation) works well.