Outnumbered? Time to "order" back-up.
by joeyz101

Comment:
Oh snap, Mer-man is getting awfully close to Billy Cranston.

Gave this a nine, but would have been an easy ten if the composition was better. One of the better ideas in the challenge.

the masked crusader
by nick_hinch

Comment:
This is getting my only ten, but there are some things that bother me.
1 - I can see your legs.
2 - Can't figure out where the blood came from.
3 - I would've shown just slightly more left arm so it's readily apparent he's in the hospital. Just to make things more obvious for other voters.
4 - For some reason the title. I know it's because of his shirt, but it just doesn't seem to fit.

december
by bspurgeon

Comment:
I gave this a decent score (6), but had to kill it somewhat because of the title. Depending on the title, I might have pushed this as high as eight in this free study.

Silent Night (Feliz Naviduck)
by vawendy

Comment:

Originally posted by vawendy: I was bracketing, and two of the shots in the bracket were longerish exposures, so I kept thinking "don't be blurry, don't be blurry!" all the way home. :)

Does that mean the duck wasn't in all three exposures? Or at least in the same spot?

Reminds me of this shot:


Your entry was my only ten of the challenge, but if the duck was traversing the scene and in a different location for each exposure, I don't see how this can't get DQ'ed given the precedence set before it. Without the duck in that exact location, I would have given this a four or five at best.

Wereparrot or... Weredog?
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
No offense, it's not a top two entry.

red
by tvsometime

Comment:
I like this shot only because I have no clue which lady has ownership of the bags. The one on the right is farther away, but the one of the left has her back turned like she couldn't give a shit.

It's intriguing. Giving this a nine.

Twins comfort each other in the Snowstorm.
by hahn23

Comment:
This gets my top vote for the challenge.
I was trying to find twins in a street setting to no avail, and thus didn't enter. But it's nice seeing that someone took that idea a step further into the realm of nature.

Lego marching band does the Golden Ratio
by Jules1x

Comment:
If it wasn't for the dinosaur and the chicken, I would've given this the much lower vote. It's not anywhere near the technical chops of some of the other entries, but that's irrelevant. Cleaning up some exposure/lighting issues, I'd hang this on my wall. People would look at it. People would talk about it.

Also, is that a mermaid? Why doesn't the skier have skis?

Gave this an eight.

Golden Ratio
by chalice

Comment:
Couldn't tell you what it is, but I enjoy this photo. It's a cacophony of everything, but somehow it works.

Here's one instance where I wish it was a little sharper; not through editing, but simply better focus.

Giving this a nine.

Make a wish...
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
Taking a guess, Minso?
Doesn't matter, it's my top vote in the challenge. It attempts to follow some inane rule, but more importantly, it's just a good image.

Critiques:
- I would have either put a little more catch light on her left eye or burned it right out. It gets caught on her cheek, but it's in that 50/50 range on her eye.
- I might have let the background travel further to the left. Not much, just enough so you know it there and not an hair more.