Police car
by p2jvr

Comment:
This doesn't exactly fit the criteria of complimentary colors if one looks back at the first challenge in the histories, BUT it is still bold, vibrant and just grabs your attention. The blues and yellow pairing is appealing to the eye. But I think that you could have played up more on just the color and shapes to make this a more abstract piece -rather than show it to be a portion of a cab car (IMHO it adds no appeal to the picture to see portions of the window and the upper portion of the hub of where the tire will rest - it just detracts from the color study you have going here) . I think it would have been more visually appealing if you had focused mainly on the lower left half showing the color blocks of blue and yellow along with the triangle shape created by the white lines - and it doesn't hurt that their exists a red sidelight triangle within a white line created triangle. And adding the red to a predominately blue and yellow color composition would have added a little punch of spice to an abstract piece.

Stop to See The Beauty
by Balko

Comment:
This Monarch is indeed very beautiful to gaze upon. I love butterflies, but still, nonetheless, I think that this image could have been much stronger if you captured the butterfly resting on a flower. I know nature is not the best model when it comes to doing what you want. But patience does pay off if you just wait for the right shot. I say that the butterfly would be more of a compliment to a flower because that would have played in nicely with the title you have for this piece. "Stop to see the Beauty" could have played into that commnonly heard saying "stop and smell the roses/flowers". Well, if the buttefly was resting on a flower in this nicely detailed and vividly colored capture it would play on both of those ideals that life is meant to be enjoyed - celebrated.

On Week 18
by ergo

Comment:
I had to look at the image long and hard before I understood just what exactly you were trying to convey in your image. You are trying to equate the imagery of a 'new growth' and a that of a growing life of a child in this image. The weakness is that it does not readily become apparent when one FIRST looks at the image. You need to make that statement and impact immediately when the viewer locks their vision on your photo. Don't get me wrong this composition has vast potential and I think you might want to revisit it after what I say.
You only need think of position on your elements and lighting. First of all the subject is holding onto a plant and the focus and action of the hand stretching out to present it to the viewer becomes the center of attention. The hand on the belly gets lost in the background and thus the message of the joy of a developing baby gets lost. You WANT to play up the growing promise of a healthy and happy child by showing the prominence of the belly growing bigger. You present the image where the viewer looks straight on at the front of the subject when you should have presented it as a side view to show us that she is pregnant. That would have then presented the problem of how do you present the plant. Easy, to show the promise of life, the joy of life, growing AND nurturing the image could have been presented as this as just one example:
A side view of a woman whose hand rest on her pregnant belly. The only portion of the human form that we would see is the upper torso. Her head bent, with a slight smile upon her lips she holds a watering can in her other hand and is watering the plant. A long arching stream of water comes out of the watering can and falls onto the potted plant. The action of her watering the plant with one hand while she rests her hand on her developing baby gives the viewer and instant connection that she is a nuturing mother. She is nuturing the growth of the plant as well as that of her yet to be born child. Not to mention that the stream of water falling from the watering can to the potted plant would be a very subtle nod at a "umblical cord" of life as that the water brings norishment to the plant just as the mother who holds a hand to her bellly does for her child. Lighting could be outdoors with more appealing background and not at the height of the afternoon hours when the sun is at it's highest - it washes out too much of the warm tones and provides too many shadows.

Celebrate Brotherhood
by beautyqn25

Comment:
Wonderful capture!!!! Perfect lighting, perfect expressions on the subjects and the action going on in this shot is sweet and endearing. Love the capture of the expressions and actions of these two cute boys/brothers hugging. I do recommend that the framing be tigther focused on these two boys who are your main subjects and less on the background which is not as appealing.

Dancing in the Park
by Ristyz

Comment:
Certainly a colorful and interesting photo. But we see that they are dancer's yet the way you composed the shot does nothing to give the viewer the sense of movement - action- dancing. Pulling back just a little more and maybe just focusing on two of the dancers such that we see their feet and their arms moving to the beat of the music would have greatly improved the capture. We would "See" the dancing going on in the shot instead of relying on the title and costumes to tell us so.

I Found The Biggest One!
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
A good shot but it could be moved up into the superb category if you had framed the subject better.A tighter focus on just the boy holding this heavy pumpkin such that he fills most of the frame would have greatly improved this shot. Also we see that wonderful child's smile but we don't get to see the sparkle in his eyes because he is squinting. Making sure that your subject is not staring or looking at the direction of the sun would have cut down on the squint factor

in Celebration of Harvest
by ralph

Comment:
A sweet and endearing capture. But the lack of tighter focus on the main subject and all the unattractive elements surrounding here weaken the composition. A tighter focus on the little girl tugging the pumpkin on the wagon along the path adorned with pumpkins would have been a much stronger composition. The truck, signs, speaker pole, and telephone wires in the background are unappealing and do nothing to enhance the composition - they detract from it. If the truck was moving I guess you could have waited for it to move out of the frame and zoomed in for a tigher shot such that we don't see that much space to the right and left of her other than a few pumpkins "outlineing" the right and left sides of the newly composed shot.

It's A Girl !!!
by Transit

Comment:
The lighting is really good and shows the subject off really well. The best part - the expression and action going on it this shot. One cannot help but to smile and the bugged eye surprise on the man's face and the exploding cigar.

It's Official
by cbeller

Comment:
It is a nice capture, but one that could be greatly strenthened by the happy couple in the background being more sharply in focus. The main thing in focus is the gentleman's hand signing the document in the foreground. And while that is pivital to the scene, so are the smiles on the faces of all three people who are in this shot. Closing down the aperature to perhaps 8 or higher (ASA would need adjustment to that setting if you are doing it manually) would get you a sharper in focus background as well as the foreground. I love the smiling faces here in this shot and would like to have seen them much more clearly and vividly. I also think that you cropped the frame too tightly such that that we only get to see half of the beautiful smiling face of the bride.

To life!
by InnaN

Comment:
I like the warm tones seen here and especially how it baths the model in a warm tones. I like how she is posed with her eyes looking up as she tips the glass of wine towards her lips in expectation. The viewer wonders just what is off screen that she maybe looking at. The only really big nit is that the wine in the glass appears to dark. It would have strengthened the overall appeal of the image if you could have brought out the rich deep tones of the red wine. Showing that deep, rich color of the red would help the viewer partake in the enjoyment of "drinking" in this image.