School Yard Heros
by Elmakias

Comment:
This got a 7 from me. It deserved to place much higher.

Cooling off
by alliebeal

Comment:
I missed this during the voting. Great observation of light and form but it also conveys a timeless mood.

Blue Door
by Sammie

Comment:
This shot caught my eye because one of the many shots I took for this challenge was of a blue door (in a very different environment). I'm always attracted to brightly colored doors as subject matter. This had a lot of potential for me. I can't recall what my vote was since for some reason it isn't showing up as red on the comment page.

I wish that you had raised the camera just a tad so as to avoid cropping out the top curve of the wall and showing a bit more of the blue pipe (post?). Instead I find myself distracted by that bit of white (a doormat?) at the bottom. There are some kind of blue numbers that catch my eye.

A scene worth going back to shoot at sundown when the walls would really glow with warmth.

The Pose
by librodo

Comment:
Beautiful capture. I love her shy but quiet confidence. Love the dimple.
I like the somewhat unexpected placement of the subject and the use of the landscape format. It is interesting to see your work without the post-processing that tends to give your photos away. I didn't see this during the voting.

Missing you
by LalliSig

Comment:
This is a great shot. It transcends the 'family photo album' tag because of the deft composition and the capture of a great expression. I love the dirt on her hands. The choice of B&W combined with the classic fashion of her rainhat puts this in the realm of timelesness.

Don't hesitate to offer up more photos of your kids if they are this well done.

Sorry I didn't see this during the voting.

Foggy Morning
by RolandB

Comment:
I like the contrast of the yellow strips against the blue. I wonder if coming in even closer to the chairs would improve this? Or perhaps placing the chairs off to the side of the frame more?

Mirror Image
by HikerDude

Comment:
Nice view and good capture of the reflection. It doesn't wow me though. I think the vertical framing gives it a crowded feel. A horizontal (landscape) frame would have created more of a feeling of expansiveness that this subject needs.

abandoned
by fordmanf1

Comment:
Interesting subject matter. It looks a bit overexposed. A lot of the textural detail is lost and that is really the main visual interest in a subject like this.

Granny's Butter Churn
by Lorene

Comment:
It's an interesting item but this is a rather sterile composition. The sepia seems to be an attempt to add warmth and a vintage-y feel to the subject but with this rather literal point-of-view and empty background it's just 'blah' to me.

Day Lilly
by missinseattle

Comment:
The focus could be much sharper for this subject. Although the background is blurred it still contains distracting elements which hurt a flower shot, IMO. Particularly bothersome is the band of green in the lower right corner. My eye keeps wandering to that area. The leaves behind the petals create distracting verticals that don't enhance the subject for me. When I shoot flowers I like to eliminate as much distracting detail as possible, concentrating soley on the petals. This usually requires a closer crop and getting right on the ground and shooting up.

This is fairly ho-hum to me in terms of subject matter and composition.