Icon
by DrAchoo

Comment:
"The "message" the soft focus is meant to convey is the idealization we have in symbols and icons. When we conjure up thoughts of the bald eagle, we tend to have idealized images of a majestic bird soaring in the wilds of Alaska. The soft focus helps our minds to get there. "
Attractive photo, although I'm not sure the bald eagle is soft and fuzzy in the classical icon. If anything, this picture could be a sort of political commentary or iconoclast imagery. I just don't really see that this photo embraces the sharp, powerful image of an eagle.

Flash
by atupdate

Comment:
That flash looks like an adobe photoshop "lense flare"...

my pal
by lynnmarie

Comment:
The thing I like about this, is the stark contrast between the silhouetted and the background. Many photos in this particular competition have fuzzy edges that take away from the strong emotion silhouettes are supposed to evoke. Likewise, this photo seems less arbitrary and contrived than most in this competition. (I really don't care what a statue of a man with a banjo looks like juxtapositioned against a sunset)

Dark Savior
by essie

Comment:
Very contrived.

Nightcap
by davidus428

Comment:
Perhaps I am unfamiliar with this allusion. What role do mice play in the allusion?

Beyond The Trees
by jimness

Comment:
It would be better if there were something more focal, I think.

Time to go home
by Ragga2000

Comment:
This one is good. I like the color variation in the background.

My Spooky Old House
by vtruan

Comment:
I love how clouds look when full of torrential wind. 7.

Cumula Nimbus
by admajic

Comment:
For future reference, it's spelled cumulonimbus and those clouds are not cumulonimbae.

Soft Portrate
by ivarg

Comment:
Portrait*