Old window
by toutoungi

Comment:
I had this one pegged for a much higher placement.
It was my top vote in the challenge.

me in white
by Venser

Comment:
That 2 hurt. Would have been my first entry over 7.

Invasion
by Venser

Comment:

Originally posted by roz: congratulations on the red .. this is an absolutely amazing image .. i cant imagine how you do this sort of photography .. blown me away .. :)

It's easy. Water + sugar + soap + glycerine + flash. You just have to make sure the plane of the soap is relatively flat and the flash is pointing in the right direction. After that it's a liberal use of editing.

The Code Breaker
by eniko

Comment:

Originally posted by Lydia: To me, this is the most book cover like of the bunch!

My thoughts as well, hence my only ten of the lot.

Shrimp w/ Cocktail Sauce
by Lydia

Comment:
Anyone want to tell me (brutal honesty is fine with me!) what's wrong with my entry?
Lighting is a mess. The shrimp look like they were cut and put into this scene without regard of keeping continuity with the lighting of the surroundings; same with the flamingos. Shadows are missing. The flamingo standing on the plate should have a shadow that points to the lower left part of the image. You can see the shadow from the leg of the dresser cast by the window present in the scene.

From your comments: Then, I put them in the scene, but there was no "story".
WHY were they there?
Even with the shrimp, there's no story. It doesn't make sense.

Message edited by author 2019-08-23 14:27:06.

Happy Hour
by jagar

Comment:
This was my pick for the blue.
Actually, I'm just seeing if I can still post comments since my account has been cancelled.

Eff Off
by xianart

Comment:
Watch out, the SC might cancel your account as well.
Censorship police are out in full effect today.

The Secret
by njsabs

Comment:
Nice work Jen.
I would have loved a little more brightness on the face. Right now it all kind of blends in together, but I'll forgive that considering it's minimal.

Doomsday Book
by Alex_Petrini

Comment:
And you win.
If it wasn't for the bokeh on your arm, there'd be now way to differentiate if this was foreground or background bokeh, and I would have slammed this entry.

Create a photo in which bokeh is effectively used, but in the FOREGROUND of the image. Most entries completely fail the first part of description. It's only due to that fact am I giving this a ten.

Have a good one Alex, looks like I'm getting the boot again.

On sunset
by Neat

Comment:
Someone recently informed me that bokeh involves little round circles. This entry is devoid of such artifacts. Sorry, DNMC!