Nail Polish
by spydr

Comment:
Har de har har. Clever idea. Crop off that distracting red thing at the lower left and rotate the image at an angle, and you'd probably score quite a bit higher.

"he went that way"
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Funny title. Maybe more obvious if you cropped off the right third of the image.

Schistocerca Americana (Large Florida Grasshopper)
by mattrix

Comment:
Perfect DOF and color. Very nice.

Blueberries
by Spanish_Grease

Comment:
...and sawdust? I don't get it. I want to love this image, but the idea of food and dirt isn't very appealing. Original though, and good use of selective desaturation.

Oleander 01
by Mousie

Comment:
Lovely light quality. The out-of-focus left side is rather distracting- I'd just crop it off (maybe square).

Beautiful Borage (Borago officinalis)
by artvet

Comment:
A nice macro with sharp focus and good color. Rotating the image to an angle or cropping off-center might make it a little more dynamic. I assume others have mentioned the unnecessary border.

The Beautiful Side of Desktop Clutter
by C-town driver

Comment:
That's a great concept Derick. A slightly less-cluttered composition might have snagged a ribbon. Well done!

Purrfectly Petite
by soccerrocker1989

Comment:
This is a very tough image to score. It's totally hilarious, but there's zero context to imply that the cat is miniature in any way. Sure it's a kitten, but it's a normal-sized kitten. For any other challenge, if you cropped off the clutter at the top and a little dead space off the bottom, this would be a 10 from me. In this case, it's a 5... and a favorite. ;-)

Drain Pipe Creatures
by scalvert

Comment:
Woohoo! This is fun! Thanks to all those who voted and commented. Glad you enjoyed it! I'm scoring well with every other entry these days, so I'm really looking forward to Miniature. ;-)

Every time I looked at the entries I saw the cover by kiwiness right on the first row of my screen, and I just knew that one was destined for the blue. There are probably only a handful of members even CAPABLE of taking a shot like that!

Message edited by author 2004-08-03 18:28:59.

DPC - Demerging Personality Conflict
by kiwiness

Comment:
Although I had a great score, I just KNEW this entry was going to be trouble. No question who deserved the blue. Congratulations, Gary!