Mother Nature's "ray of lights"
by tjmueller

Comment:
The light is really fantastic in your photo. It glows. Beautiful colors, too. For me, the border color is too muddy - would be interested to see how an all black border (or none) looks.To continue with my input - but please take this with a grain of salt. It may have been nearly impossible to get rid of the canoe, but it makes the image seem cluttered. My eye wants to rest on the awesome trees to the right and their reflections. On the other hand, maybe you intended for the canoe to be the subject, in which case the trees clutter the canoe. Hope you get what I mean - this is a nice image.

Home Made Chocolate Cream Pie
by Diana

Comment:
While I think the pie looks ooooh so good, for me there is one or two too many objects layered behind the pie. The blue & white plate with partial fork in particular. Hope that helps.

Sisters?
by angela_packard

Comment:
The confident pose and expressions are what draw me most to this entry. Nice work!

Moments Mothers Treasure
by mandyturner

Comment:
This gets a 9 from me. Wonderful expression on the child's face and unique composition with the mom's back to the camera. I think I can see burn marks around them on the wall - that's the only reason I'm not voting 10.

Maternal Magic
by LindaLee

Comment:
Wonderful! I love how blank the sheets and wall are to set off these three. Fantastic tones.

unconditional love
by Seanachai

Comment:
This is so heartwarming. There are other similar compositions in this challenge, but this one has the most natural - least soft-focus / neatimage of them all, and therefore I like this one best. I love the way the baby is staring right at the camera, blowing those spit bubbles, and smiling :-) The tones (technical and emotional) are perfect in every way.

Mother Nature - The birth of a tornado
by SDW

Comment:
Awesome in the true sense of the word! Fantastic processing - can't wait to read any notes you might have added. Love that dark, dark cloud converging with the super bright white, and then all those muddy, undefinable colors in between. Great job.

"If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Wonderful entry! It's a busy shot, which fits the composition and the title perfectly. There's not a single thing that shouldn't be in the image. I love this, especially the spaghetti head baby :-)

Mother and Son
by -crt

Comment:
Wonderful portrait! The expressions on both the baby and mom are unbeatable. I especially like the way you've chosen to make the child's light so much stronger. A no-hesitation 10 from me.

A Walk on The Beach
by ZorbaTheGeek

Comment:
The brights are a little too bright for my eyes, but I really like the abstractness of this. I like the way the sand merges with the water so that appears the pair is about to walk into the sea. Nice color choice, too. It's just those highlights that bother me, on this monitor at least.