Rock and Roll
by robinssong

Comment:
Perfectly on target with the theme. Great idea/title. Nice composition, balance and crop. Sharpness seems almost on the plus side but too close to call. My only suggestion would be to play around with a little "rockier" looking rock that was closer in color value to the roll. Might be be interesting to have more of the contrast in the subject and less in the color, but that's just an idea. Really good work. Score 9!

The Real Thing
by m2iw

Comment:
Ahhhhh. Now I see it.
Checking back on the setup details of th shot...
I thought it might be a Coke can, the logo was definitely there, but then the dots on the screening of the red printed area sure looks to me like some type of cloth material. Being fairly sure Coke is not distributing soft drinks in denim (yet), I was very confused. For a time. Still concur with my earlier opinion that it is a very well put together image.

Valley of Thorns
by labuds

Comment:
Ouch. It hurts to look at, even after a half dozen time. :-)
Congratulations!

Dance of the fairies!
by Judi

Comment:
Hearty congratulations, Ms. Liosatos. This is a really, really, lovely shot. I'm saving my pennies and ordering a print which I've never done before.

Mitosis
by yanko

Comment:
Well deserved Blue Ribbon! Congratulations, Mr. Toro.

Shutter Bug
by scarbrd

Comment:
Cute idea. I like the color.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
by ShannonLee

Comment:
Nice idea for the challenge. Nice composition. Nice crop.

Rufus checks on challenges
by griz210

Comment:
Funny picture and title. This really looks sharpened, though, a lot. The direct flash seems a little too harsh. Maybe that's what I'm seeing with the rest of the shot. It just seems a little too edgy. If you didn't use bounce flash, that would be a suggestion. I'm definitely no flash expert, but if it was direct and not bounce, I think a bounce might give the screen some more contrast, too, which might be a good thing. I really like the way the trackball came out, it looks like it's floating or 3d or something really dimensional. Oh, one other thing, and this is really picky, but I would have capitalized the "C" in Challenges if you're referring to DPC.

Hot New Card Reader Hits Market
by GeneralE

Comment:
Nice. Neat title and idea. Where did you get either 1) that giant card or.. 2) that tiny toaster? ;-)

Three ideas: 1) Open up the DOF so the handles, cord and 3 waves "logo" are all sharper. If that's our new reader, don't you want all of in focus? 2) Throw a little more soft light on the front of the toaster, it's a bit dark and detail is lost there. That would give you some more DOF. 3) Try a little Brasso on the new reader before the shot. It may be beyond polishing up, but if it did pick up some more shine, I don't think it would look bad. It would definitely give it a "newer" look to go with your title.

Horns
by aberration

Comment:
This is a 10. No way around it. Nice tight crop without losing the (necessary) gravestone in the background. Desaturation is perfect. Composition is great. Three ideas: 1) Don't crop out the shadow of the sax at the first turn (under the mouthpiece)-it's kinda tight there. 2) Maybe throw just a little light into the business end of the sax to give it some shadow detail 3) Same for the gravestone in the background. Just a small amount of soft light to give it a little more standout detail. Don't know how those all would look, but it would be interesting to see the difference. Anyway, it's still a 10 in my book. Also an "added favorite". Thanks.