Get set.....GO
by ivarg

Comment:
The first time I looked at this the missing portion of the arms bothered me. After looking for a while it dawned on me that their presence would have made turned this image into an average composition. The cropped arms forces the viewer to explore the image and in the end, marvel at your incredible timing taking this shot. Worthy of a ribbon. Good luck.

Eye on the ball
by zdanielr

Comment:
Incredible timing on your part. Post processing is exceptional. Worthy of a ribbon. Good luck.

4 x 400m
by sjonni

Comment:
Great composition, focus sharp as a tack, excellant timing. This is worthy of a ribbon. Good luck.

Edit: spelling

Message edited by author 2006-08-09 09:36:58.

Greyhound Racing
by mtpp

Comment:
The intensity of this image is almost overwhelming. One of my two 10s for this challenge.

Vigilance
by JamesKW

Comment:
I gave this image a 5. Basically, the image met the challenge and you accomplished what you intended for the image but there are issues with composition and quality. The primary issue is the picture looks out of focus. This is most likely due to your post processing steps. I not sure if Microsoft Office Picture Manager has the ability to sharpen images but most images look blurry after resizing. As for the composition, I'm not sure if shooting this in portrait would have helped any. The issue is that the dogs looking in opposite directions, which confuses the focus point for this image (do your eyes follow their stare towards the left or towards the right). I would suggest that next time you have someone hold a treat so that they both look in the same direction and also have them sit so they aren't stacked one on top of the other.

Games
by cryingdragon

Comment:
Another response from your forum post. You've already heard about the contrast issue so I thought I would add one more item as food for thought. The way you stacked the chips gives this image a lot of potential for patterns if cropped differently. As is, the image is all about symmetry, which is slightly off. If you crop tightly around the dice (About a dice width to the right and left of the end dice) and intersect the chips with the top and bottom borders of the image, the dice become the focal point of the image but the pattern from the chips add a lot of eye appeal. I often play around with cropping to see how much different looks I can get from an image.

Hairy Trotter
by scalvert

Comment:
I love this shot. Bump to a 10

An Eye for Puzzles
by soup

Comment:
Coming back to comment. I rated this image in my top ten. All the technicals are spot on, lighting, composition, and focus. Good luck and I hope this scores well.

In Suspense
by Konador

Comment:
Coming back to comment. I gave you an 8 on this image because the coloration is well done and the use of paper clips was very creative for this challenge. Good luck and I hope this scores well.

A piece of nature...
by cubix

Comment:
Coming back to comment. I gave you a nine on this image because the technical aspects of this image are spot on and your take on the challenge was very imaginative. Good luck and I hope this scores well.