Baby just plum tuckered out
by jasonmccarthy

Comment:
Composition: Possibly would have cropped left and right to make it squarer myself.
Technical: Good focus. Perhaps a little dark?
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: You captured the mood really well. 7

Shrivelled
by Jean

Comment:
Composition: The red part seems to make the pic a little 'top heavy'. Excellent otherwise.
Technical: Fantastic colour, contrast, lighting and border. Good DOF.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: At least a top 10 in my book. 9

Just Another Sunset
by lisae

Comment:
Composition: Good
Technical: Nice focus and colour. Good use of borders too.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: What's with the flying saucer?! 7

?cat or flower cliche? - well I take the golden middle
by miss parker

Comment:
Composition: Flowers are excellent. Would have preferred slightly more cat?! Having a cat myself, I appreciate the problems!
Technical: Nice use of colour and contrast. Bold decision to use the high sharpening, but it really suits the pic. Might have thickened the white border slightly and got rid of the very thin black border.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Lovely photo lacking only in animal cooperation! 7

Yellow patterns
by erikjohndale

Comment:
Composition: Excellent choice of shape. The number of boats you have included seems to confuse the picture. I think I might prefer it slightly more open (not quite sure how).
Technical: Colours and lack of border are good. I guess the shot was hand-held making deep DOF difficult, but I think crisper focus would have benefited the end result.
Meets challenge: Holiday photo?
Overall impression: Good idea but let down slightly by aesthetics for me personally. 6

When Roses Are Not In Bloom
by Ricky Cleave

Comment:
Composition: Excellent
Technical: Fantastic DOF apart from bottom part of the subject is slightly out of focus. White border is different width top/bottom compared with left/right.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Good take on the challenge. 8

Waiting for Romance
by Harz_Joerg

Comment:
Composition: Good
Technical: Can't quite tell the filtering you've used, but it looks slightly strange. It looks like you've used sharpening and then smoothing? Border may have looked stronger with the red line black, making it twice as thick.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Excellent idea and shot, but post-processing seems a little overdone. 6

""My child, pet and best friend"
by slammin

Comment:
Composition: Good. Top-right looks slightly blank, although this is offset by bottom-left.
Technical: Excellent focus. Looks slightly over-sharpened, particularly around the part the strings are connected to and the scratch plate (?). Good use of B&W I think. Border seems a little thin on my screen.
Meets challenge: Bit iffy. :-)
Overall impression: Good pic. 7

Kira
by Remie

Comment:
Composition: It would have been nice to get both eyes on, but otherwise good.
Technical: Nice focus and interesting use of contrast. Really like the use of a white border too.
Meets challenge: Yes
Overall impression: Really lovely pic. 7

Pinecone
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
Composition: Subject may perhaps have been better off-centre
Technical: Good focus. Pic seems a little busy due to the leaves. The actual subject of the pic isn't instantly obvious. Border is bold and suits the pic.
Meets challenge: Not quite sure what cliche you're trying to depict.
Overall impression: Busy pics aren't bad, but the subject(s) need to be identifiable I think. 5