Sleeping Bubbles
by racha

Comment:
This photo has good potential. I like that it plays on the "Sleeping Beauty" fable. The positives of this shot: I like how the soft pink and slight blue hues seen on the bubble compliment those same colors on the models eyelid. They appear to have the same shades and this further establishes a connection between the two objects. This photo plays with the story Sleeping Beauty but it is Sleeping Bubbles.

The negatives: The dark background behind the models head in not complementary to the photo - To further establish the connection to the tale of Sleeping beauty you could have done several things : shown us her hair gently curled on a pillow or just a colorful pillow that would have brighted up the space AND complimented the color schemes already present in the photo. There is a little too much overexposure or show of the flash on the lower right hand side of the bubble: it washes out those beautiful soft pastel hues of pink and blue not to mention distracts the eye. And lastly, it would have been lovely to have seen those lovely eyelashes more sharply focused so that it makes an even stronger connection to the words sleep and beauty.

Prisoner of Circumstance
by typologic

Comment:
The circumstances are that this poor model must have had to pose for a quite a long time to get this shot to appear like it is here. Not an easy feat since I can see that she is crouching there in a corner. Her hands are perfectly positioned to make it appear as if she is pressing on the bubble. And she seems to be looking right at the straw that created this bubble. I would love to learn how you accomplished this shot - at first glance I thought it can't be a straight photo but I see that this has been validated. Whew, this must have taken alot of positioning, planning, and timing....Technically everything is perfect. My only two nits about the shot is the colors - the purplish-blues are fine and add to the mood of "being blue or caught in a prision" but there is little too much of an orange cast on the person's hand and arm that is holding the bubble that clashes with those purple and blue hues. A warm hue can mix with a cool hue effectively but in this shot it just pop out to much that they are competing with one another instead of complementing. The other critique is that I would have shown the full hand and less of the arm - as that it is the hand that holds this woman's "prision" it should be more in the shot.

Nonetheless, great job.

float away
by haylees

Comment:
A good capture of some bubbles in this shot, but the addition of too much sky or rather so much clouds in the sky make this scene rather too busy that the attention to the bubbles is lost within the clouds. Keeping the scene simple as in a mostly blue or all blue sky with the bubbles being dominent in the scene (and by that I mean that the frame is 50% or above full of the bubbles) would help in keeping our attention focused on the main subject of the shot.

Come play with me..
by hanneke

Comment:
A very nice shot, but the black and white makes the photo appear flat. Color would have been a better choice with this photo. I would have loved to have seen the bright yellow color of the duck resting in the sparkling white bubbles The color would help to capture and hold the viewer's attention.

Gazing Ball
by Twyla

Comment:
A perfect capture of a bubble that appears to be gently resting between two blades of grass. Technically this shot is very good but it suffers on the composition end with retaining a viewer's visual interest. I know Mother Nature is a beast to work with but you have one element present in this shot that would have made this go from good to wonderful. In the distance we see the setting sun. If that sun was caught to appear as if it was resting on the tip of the blade of grass that is in front of it in this capture then that would have complemented the soap bubble resting on the blades of grass in the forefront of the picture; the elements of the background would have mirrored the elements of the foreground.

bubble-rap
by Car54

Comment:
A candid street shot showing action and people in an everyday scene - but what gets lost is the bubbles. There is so much present in this photograph for the eye to look at and observe that the bubbles get dwarfed and are hardly noticed. Perhaps if you had chosen the composition to show 2 to 3 elements that domiinate the scene those bubbles might not be so lost in the shot. Just as an example: Centering the composition on the two gentlemen intent on their conversation. Shown from the waist up the viewer would see their expressions as they are speaking to one another and there floating behind or around the man in the white shirt is a ton of bubbles ......

Stock Market Bubble?
by fd3rd

Comment:
A very clever play on the word bubble and quite different from many other entries I've seen. Technically perfect but in compositional interest it lacks something that will retain the viewer's attention. Hmmm, perhaps showing a little more "action" with this shot would have improved the visual impact. A suggestion: maybe showing the stereotypical stock market graph which show rises and falls i.e. like a red arrow showing stocks have taken a plunge appearing alongside the above numbers and bubble in the above shot.

Breath
by LevT

Comment:
Very nicely done - image is sharp as a tack. Love that you captured some bubbles escaping off of the flower. However I think that the composition could have been a bit more stronger in impact. I wonder how much of the flower would have been covered in bubbles if you took a photo looking straight on at the face of the flower instead of the undercarriage. I might have looked more stunning as a "floral sun" with bubbles adorning it's surface - but it also may not have been possible since we are looking at a side view that shows the bubbles from a side profile which makes them that much more visible.....Hmmm, I still do think that the composition needed more impact and maybe the more simple solution was to have included the flower as a whole within the camera frame.

I Hate Bubble Baths
by jaroadie

Comment:
The idea is good but I feel the framing of the composition could have been strengthen if you waited for the dog to look directly at you. That why we see the wet dog being given a bath that he doesn't want as he looks at us imploringly (if you are lucky to capture an expression like that, it is not always easy) to "save him". By having the dog look at the viewer it brings us into the moment such that we feel that we are there looking back at the poor dog having a bath.

Bubbles
by aaronb532

Comment:
A simple and clean abstract approach. We see bubbles within the bubbles and it gives the eye something extra to look at.