Smiling Brother
by lizzyc3

Comment:
He looks like an elf - great portrait. Are commenters suggestion that you remove the lettering on his sweatshirt? I kind of like it there - Everyone wears logod sweatshirts.

The Great Pumpkin
by Mobius

Comment:
Interesting shot, but nothing to make it stand out from the crowd of pumkin shots - is it big? maybe womething to show how big? The color seems washed out or over exposed. Perhaps that could be fixed with some post processing?

Lake and Sky
by lagavulin

Comment:
This looked better in the thumbnail - I think it would benefit from some post processing - the rock is so dark and the sky is so pale - they seem to compete with eachother rather than work together. I like that the rock is hard/harsh and the sky is soft. I like the way it seems to be floating. Would it look better or worse if the colors of the sky were enhanced? I wonder/

West Horizon
by thatcloudthere

Comment:
I wonder if this photo will suffer from "poor voter monitor calibration syndrome". It appears dark to me, and hard to make out what the little things are - factories far far away? and the rest is grass? I will come back to this tomorrow at work where the monitor is much better.

He is mine
by vasilkovaya

Comment:
Incredibly compelling faces - wow! Perfect tonal range int he BW something odd about the way her head attatches to her body for me which disappear with just the tiniest bit more cropped off the bottom - 9

Who needs a man?
by grigrigirl

Comment:
try this: what if you crop somewhere between the eyes and the mouth - leaving the erotic parts as the focus of the image, also leaving the girl anonymous (let the viewer supply his own fantasy). I think the head makes the image bottom heavy and the face, being less soft than the body, competes for attention. Not to say that I dont think its a great picture as it is.

my best!
by turdave

Comment:
hmm - i like the pale washed out look - makes it look hot and dry - perhaps the tree could have been paler to match? crop the green bush on the right? it is an eyecatcher and drags the eye to the right off the edge - you dont want to draw the viewers eye oof screen, especially on DPC where the speed voter thinks "done, next photo". If you can draw the eye back to center, as the tree does (and its shadow too), the viewer will spend a few extra seconds to appreciate the good points,

The Recital
by skief

Comment:
This is what people call "snapshot" quality - which seems to mean: great for scrapbooks but if you dont know the kid it lack enough to interest the masses. Perhaps you are trying to do too much in this image . the kid playing is one theme and the reflecting keyboard is another theme - they seem to compete rather than compliment each other - your white balance could be corrected, it looks pinkish - I wish her face showed, all I can see well is her hands, one of which is out of focus and the other is held in an awkward position.

Bulldozer
by welcher

Comment:
wow - heres a contender for top ten - I can just hear the bulldozer brrrrrr

My best of 2004
by cimarron98

Comment:
sorry - this is going to get slammed - it might be a more interesting less offensive image if you take the thumbtack out of his crotch. as it is, i think thats all the voters will notice.