Water Challenge - "Under" Water Colors
by Drake

Comment:
I think you'll get bashed on this one, just for taking a radically different approach from most. A shame, but this shot actually doesn't have anything like the impact of JJ's shot, simply in terms of tonality and composition, if nothing else.

Flirtaceous (Color Studio Portrait)
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Oh man, funniest shot in the bunch. Love this - so very nearly offensive, nd just so funny. Good luck.

Tribute to Smokeditor
by Sonda

Comment:
Moody, sexy, wonderfully lit and shot. Almost an exact copy, except for the even more moody lighting.

A Terrifying Thai Treat
by dsb_mac

Comment:
Good light, good set-up; hasn't quite the hyper-designer look of the original, which was what to my mind gave it it's impact. The bug, though, looks no more appetising :-)

Dang ...
by GeneralE

Comment:
Just doesn't have the clarity, and sense of composition, of the original. Great image to choose though.

Diagonal Multiplicity (Inspired by Mundane Challenge Blue)
by Falc

Comment:
dang, I never knew how this fitted into the 'mundane' challenge, in the first place - at least tis certainly fits here :-) I still find it an uncomfortable shape, compositionally, though this is a good approach. I personally think it needs to be set against the genuine mundanity of te Brum skyline to stand the best chance of working as a shot, but never got a chance in the week i spent there last August. Good work here though.

Communication - Vintage Mailboxes
by Tuckersmom

Comment:
Good strong light, effectively caught. you placing of your depth of field in regard to your composition is also strong - quite a nice shot. Sufferes in comparison with Thamer's original, if only in sheer sense of scale, but I like what you gain in detail.

Angel II
by arnit

Comment:
I'm surprised there weren't more versions actually - though i think it is a rashly high quality image to take on :-) Criticisms: the pose isn't as proud, as perfect as the original - this looks uncomfortable where Heida's model looks perfectly at ease. The burning of the sky is overdone - yes, even for a version of a Heida shot. Not bad beyond those things though.

10 PM, 3 kids, 5,000 Munchies = Fat Stomach (Defining Feature)
by Neuferland

Comment:
Honest, slightly brutal, impeccable, absolutely inspired, and very very beautiful photography. A marvellous, marvellous image. Awesome. The first outright ten i've given in bloody ages. +fav immediately. Rocks.

Three Little Jugs ~ Shadows 11
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Not a bad go - the sininess of the jugs I don't like as much as the original, and it's also a shame to my eye that you couldn't have found a curved background, but otherwise it's a pretty solid copy.