On the Rocks?
by yanko

Comment:
I want to love this photo -- the angle is great -- but if this angle were real, the liquid in the glass would still be level. So the result just ends up magnifying the editing job!

A Stolen Moment
by CaseWriter21

Comment:
Thank you everyone for all your comments! I am pleased to finally be moving up in the ranks -- I've made quite a big score jump from my first two challenges.

A couple notes: Many of you would love the photo if not for the tremendous flare that absolutely detracts from it, makes it technically deformed, and so on and so forth. A few other guided souls, however, actually like it. They like the "neat lighting." Detractors, I gotta say, I wasn't going for the funky flare -- it was an accident -- but when it happened, I thought, Wow that looks really neat. So no it's not technically perfect but I think it's those happy accidents that really elevate a picture into something more. (In this case, "something more" means top 30%, which I'll take!)

What was I trying to do with the lightning? Well, after I saw the flare mistake, I thought it kinda looked like fog. And I thought, "Fog in the Metro. How romantic..." And that was the end of my voyeuristic experimentation! Back home for Post.

reporter
by arsenal

Comment:
are you kidding me?

Conceited
by permapier

Comment:
almost certainly NOT candid

Eyes
by carlos

Comment:
is this what i think it is? this has the potential to be an AMAZING candid... if it's real. you should have pulled back and shown us more. by itself this is just more spooky than anything

Man at Work
by tinhmocnam

Comment:
bad focus

RUSHED.. hiding behind a building doing makeup before performance!
by ecko313cheer

Comment:
it's just a snapshot

Joy Ride
by angela_packard

Comment:
what's the story here?

Cherub Unaware
by SandyP

Comment:
she looks pretty aware to me

A Day at the Zoo
by PhotoRyno

Comment:
kid's got a great face but i wish it were framed a bit better and i could see more of the llama's profile. (that's a llama, right?)