Liquid Alarm Clock
by quid

Comment:
The choice of a plain white cup was a good one, as it kept the image uncluttered.

Great Beginnings
by tommyd65

Comment:
I had a similar idea, but not with that book. I gave up, though, because by typewriter isn't as photogenic. I wish my efforts had turned out more like yours. By the way, that's an excellent book.

Nature's Grandeur
by pncowley

Comment:
That's breathtaking. I mean, the Grand Canyon (I'm assuming the photo is of that), is gorgeous. but so many photographs of it are pretty, yes, but so cliche. They all seem to be taken while standing on one cliff, with another cliff off about a football field away as the subject, and then the opposite side of the canyon making the background.
Your photo is different because it adds in a foreground. Throwing in that new element totally puts this head and shoulders above your regular pretty canyon shot. Well done!

Bloodcup: Drink of Strength and Spirt
by Anachronite

Comment:
Looking at the comments and scores on this tells me something very important: DPCers are spending faaar to little time looking at a picture which they intend to score harshly. In my opinion, if you're going to give a low score, you ought to at least study the picture for some time first to be sure there's not an element you're missing or that you haven't drawn a negative conclusion too quickly. Why am I saying this? Many votes and comments on this photo were based around the fact that something appeared uneccisarily cruel and tasteless. Apparently, few seemed to notice the thing that was taking up 1/4 of the page: quality hunting garb, surely not bought cheap for the sake of a DPChallenge. The bullet hole is in the deer's neck, a precise shot meant to down the deer without suffering. Obviously, the man is a practiced hunter. The timeframe in which the photo was shot (Nov 3) is prime hunting season. The cut made to the deer, at the main blood supply arteries, was done obviously in order to bleed the deer and prepare it for proper butchering. So why do we seem to think he killed the deer for the sake of being sick for a photograph? Are we that dense that we can't put large, obvious puzzle pieces together and draw a likely conclusion, or are we that pessimistic that the obvious reasonable conclusion isn't a dark enough reason to settle on? It seems far more likely that he had the camera with him when preparing a kill for butchering for meat (very healthy, very natural, very delicious, as discussed by others, below). Shame on you for not giving the photo just consideration before drawing irrational conclusions! Yes, quality-wise, the photograph could have been better, but a 1, a 2, a 3?

-He was obviously NOT taking the picture to be morbid. It's something he does often enough to have quality gear and a precise aim.
-The deer was shot in a careful manner to prevent suffering.
-The deer is being cut for food, not for sport.
So what's so yucky about it all?

Would you like your photographs treated with such unconsidered pessimism?

Message edited by author 2005-03-25 01:33:24.

Affectionately Yours
by clarmore

Comment:
That dog has gorgeous eyes--well captured.

Blue Jay in March Snow
by coolhar

Comment:
Beautiful. The blue on the primary flight feathers is such an outstanding shade.

Tough Times Bring Friends Closer
by DannyM

Comment:
What a touching picture. It pulls on heartsrings, wells up knots in throats, and makes us smile nonetheless. I'm sure many of us out there have a story or two about someone close (or themselves), which makes it all the more precious of an image to so many. Thanks for sharing it with us all.
-Annette

"Its Gonna Be A Long Long Night ... "
by Jecto

Comment:
Great use of neggative space.

Dirt Doodling
by glad2badad

Comment:
My favorite entry for this challenge. I hope that knowing that piece of truth brightens your day. I hope it ribbons.

Spring break and nothing to do....
by tolovemoon

Comment:
Not bad, but the blonde model's scrunched mouth and head at the position that it's in (which gives her a large blob of an undefined neck, jaw, and chin) really makes her look less attractive than I'm sure she is. Perhaps if her head was more forward, it would have provided more definition and depth in the features of her lower face.