The Sleeping Bee
by s4nd3r99

Comment:
Though color is good, the dark shadow makes it hard to make out detail in your too small subject.

Blending in
by GrandmaEMT

Comment:
Contrast range is set a bit too high as you have some blocking of shadows and hot spots in the highlights of the left. Meets the challenge well.

Serendipity Essence
by anireno

Comment:
Marvelous tones and colors. Lighting is very good too as the glass is well defined and only one small hot spot at the top. Composition is a bit static as I think it could use a small accessory to be included in the image for interest and variety.

Sir Isaac Newton Discovers Gravity...
by bbmohr

Comment:
Hilarious! Well done and the colors are really good too. Only thing I would say negatively is that the top of your subjects head appears to have gotten cut off. 8

Surprise Cereal Prize
by Jesuispeure

Comment:
Very good challenge concept but your lighting is too harsh creating hot spots and shadows. Also, the box at the top is out of focus. It would have had more impact for me if you'd have had a few corn flakes falling out of the box at the moment of exposure.

Between April Showers
by admart01

Comment:
Lighting is a bit harsh but I like the DOF and grainy appearance very much.

Between pages
by greslizzz

Comment:
It's good you used B&W book to contrast with the colored bill, but I find the illustration in the book competes for attention with the bill.

In the Garden
by boyte1

Comment:
The scene has a lot of appeal and potential but is weakened by a blown out sky that detracts from your main subject and by a tilted horizon line.

"I Should Read More Often..."
by sfarrell23

Comment:
The idea is a good one and meets the challenge well but I believe your lighting is not well controlled. For one thing, the dollar bills are dark from shadows from lighting that is not well positioned. Also, the lighting is creating back lighting on the pages on the left side showing through the back side of the pages. I may not have used a book with illustrations or pictures as this detracts from the impact of your subject, which is already weakened by poor lighting. Finally, cropping at the top seems constrained.

twice lucky
by lakritstroll

Comment:
I like the colors and grainy quality of the flower petals, as well as, the composition, which is really very good. For me, the weakest part of the picture is your subject, the two jewels, which seem under lit. They need a bit more pop from say a spot light, albeit hard to do with such small subjects. Actually, I think the whole image could use more light. Looks like your light source was natural light from a window? Good job, nonetheless. 8