paintjob.jpg
by Hye5

Comment:
Me Like! Gonna have to go out and get my a HUMUNGOUS white lens just so I can have something to put a shark motif on...

The calm after the storm...
by annalise_ja

Comment:
Ahhh... the dreaded 50/50 split in 'landscape' pictures...

It's nice in a way, but in another way, most of that sky is completely unimportant. More foreground=better.

Also, it seems that there is no real subject in the picture. What is showing us that there has been a storm recently?

Blessed are those who wait
by facesastheycome

Comment:
Double your money, double your fun.

I like how there appears to be a couple of applications of the title in this pic. Indeed, you are blessed to get two such relaxed insects so close together, and blessed will be the cricket when it's his (her?) turn...

The only think I don't like is all the distracting background poking through. A closer crop might have helped that as well as brought more detail to our little friends. I might have done a 35-50 degree clockwise rotation as well to make the rectangle fit the petals better as well as re-align the insects in frame... That's just my take on it though.

He who lives by the sword dies by the sword
by jsolsona

Comment:
WICKED! Me like!

Nice entry for the next challenge as well... "Clichés and Slayings"...

Kill Bill, eat your heart out...

I'm undecided as to whether I would have preferred the whole hand in the frame or not...

All good things come to an end
by steinar

Comment:
Very nice. Very emotive. Fantastic use of lighting and color. A blue mood is perfectly fitting.

A strong choice for top ten?

I see you(s)
by Dan_Cottle

Comment:
Interesting. I too had considered using a high contrast treatment for my fly pic to see if it improved. You did a nicer job of this than I. Your DOF is better managed too IMHO.

I like how crisp the eyes are from cell to cell.

Edit: negative changed to High Contrast... Voting too late got my words all mixed up.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 01:02:36.

When you are not strong, you must be smart
by maddyy

Comment:
What a FACE!

Interesting selection of birds in that area...

All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
by cutlassdude70

Comment:
Wow, now that's one desolate BG! I like her makeup.

I feel that something could be done to push her 'look of desperation', but I'm a bit at a loss as to what could be done in Basic.

The Grass is Always Greener...
by mcrochip

Comment:
Or in this case Bluer?

Did you try selective color? or possibly shifting hue?

I was kinda thinking of the same title, but couldn't think of an execution.

Silence Is Golden
by boomer

Comment:
I get the silence, where's the golden?