Maddy in classic pearls
by LindaLee

Comment:
Very cute picture! I think this one meets the challenge very well. I can see this one ending up in the top 3 this week. It does look like the focus is just ever so slightly off.

Great job.

Greg

Nosey
by Squiffyeitherjag

Comment:
This would be better for me if the eye was in focus. I am guessing you are hearing this a lot this week. For wildlife pictures it is usually customary that the eyes are in sharp focus. However, I also believe that there is nothing wrong with breaking the rules. I like your picture and I hope you do well. It looks like quite a cute kitty, and it is a wonderful expression. You captured the moment well.

Greg

Lacquerware Abstraction
by jitams

Comment:
You have a modern art masterpiece here! This is my number one pick for this week. I love the composition and the use of lighting. I wonder how you got such sharp shadows in this one. I love the interaction of the colors and the texture of the boxes. I can’t think of a single thing I would change about it. Very well done!

Greg

Circle of squares
by vjoz

Comment:
There were quite a few boring entries this week (most of them were to me). Yours caught my attention, I think probably because of the reflections in the water. Focus looks nice and sharp and the color really gives me a feeling of a cold morning after a long rainy winter night. The composition works for me, as I like how the center of focus is not smack in the center of the frame. It’s difficult to make an interesting square picture, but I think you pulled it off. The only think I would change about it would be to drop the border. It doesn’t add anything for me, and it takes away some of the resolution that could have been used in your picture.

Greg

Square Shim
by GeneralE

Comment:
What an interesting item, is it actually that color or did you use a filter? This picture is one of the few that grabbed my attention this week. The background is a bit dark, but not too dark I think. The color works well for me, and the texture is pleasing. The shim looks like it was just kind of tossed down there, the composition might be helped if you set it slightly off center. I don’t find the border adding much to the picture, and if it were my picture I would not include it. The lighting is nice and overall I think you have done a good job with this one.

Greg

Square competition gone to my head.
by SharQ

Comment:
I think that this one was meant to be humorous, and maybe the joke is that the square is actually a pentagon! The subject is a bit too centered for my taste. I also find the sheet he is sitting on to be somewhat distracting. There is nice use of shape in this picture though, and there are also some nice textures in the hair. I gave it a 5.

Greg

Distorted Squares
by MaYz

Comment:
Overall I liked this picture. I think that you made good use of shape and contrast. The lighting is also pleasing. The composition looks a little too contrived for me, but I think it is very difficult to get around this. Maybe if you took the picture from a different angle it would work better for me. I also would do without the border if it were my picture. I like your use of black and white on this one and think it is a strong entry.

Just my two cents,

Greg

Look ... A Wild SnowMan
by gmacpro

Comment:
This picture really made me smile when I saw it. I don’t think this one will do well but I think it really should do well. I think people will find the branches in the foreground to be “distracting and detracting” as well as the branches in the background. I think those people missed the point (or maybe I have). For me this picture gives the feeling of discovery. I feel as if I was on a long winter’s walk and came upon this scene. He’s alive so I have to stay hidden behind the branches, and I can’t get too close or I will frighten him away. I like the composition, and I also like that the snowman is not smack in the center of the frame. If I were to do anything to this picture it would be to make it a vertical picture cropping out some of the area on the right hand side. I put this one in my top ten for this week, and I hope you do well with it.

Greg

A Tajirian Square
by jwitt33

Comment:
OK, I’ll admit it, I look forward to watching Smackdown on Thursday night. This picture made me smile. What a likeness! Is this the real guy???? I just had to ask. This is a fun picture, I wouldn’t change a thing about it. This one made my top ten for this week.

Greg

Krab
by magnetic9999

Comment:
This is definitely the most apitizing food picture this week. Some of these “square meals” I have seen just made my stomach turn. The colors work well together, and look pretty close to my opinion of what they should. Nice texture on the triscit (sp?). I like the composition and the way the subject is slightly off-center. I personally would do without the border, I think they are way over-rated, but this is a good stong entry for me. Definitely this picture is in my top ten for this week. I’ll have mine without the olive though!

Greg