Poppy forever
by pcody

Comment:
I thought this was a lovely abstract. I kept going back to look at it. It was one of my top picks. What I enjoyed was the texture the overlapping petals created and the placement of the center thingee (I'm tired--all scientific terms have left me momentarily) so low in the frame.

Curious Bug
by joebok

Comment:
I thought this was a really fun bug shot. It is refreshing to be able to enjoy a photo of a bee again.

Laundry Day in the City
by elsapo

Comment:
This was among my top three picks. I kept going back and looking at it. I really enjoy the colorful laundry in contrast to its bleak surroundings and the huge sky.

lighthouse
by slonko

Comment:
I really enjoyed this photo. Truly classic looking work. It was among my top ten picks. I didn't really pay attention to the title when voting so I didn't notice there was a lighthouse. I guess that hurt you a bit. I don't care about the lighthouse. I love the way the frame is occupied by the shoreline, the sky, and the rocks in the distance.

Solitudes
by zeuszen

Comment:
I'm getting better at spotting your work, Zeus. This is lovely. It was in my top 10. It has a surreal, painterly quality to it. I love the juxtaposition of the lone bird flying and the tiny runner. A truly unique nature shot!

Added after reading the comments... I wrote my comment before reading any others. It is interesting to note that a couple of other viewers shared my experience.

Message edited by author 2004-07-08 00:44:09.

Seeing without Sight
by cheekymunky

Comment:
I liked the lovely, eerie quality to this. It was one of my highest scoring shots. I liked the grainy quality and the way the reflected lights echoed the antennae. Interesting that someone would comment that they go well with the picture yet they are distracting. That makes no sense.

Message edited by author 2004-07-07 21:09:28.

Mark of the Wizard
by Imagineer

Comment:
I have a puncture scar on my instep that I got when I was 6 years old. I was riding my brother's bike (5 Speed Schwinn Stingray) with bare feet. I had to push off from the porch step to actually get the oversized bike going and my foot slipped and hit the larger gear. The scar looks like fang marks on my foot. ;-D I call it my vampire bite.

This is a cool scar. It looks like it must have been a painful lesson about practical joking, though. I have attention deficit with hyperactivity and I have the scars to prove it. In addition to the vampire scar, that summer I was viciously bitten by a dog (a Westie) I had been told not to mess with, requiring 25 very precise stitches to sew my upper lip back on and later plastic surgery. A few weeks later I crushed 1/3 of an inch of the tip of my middle finger by slamming it in the door.

I have a few scars on my wrist and arm and knuckle (the cat bit right down to the bone of my finger) from a feral cat I was told not to mess with. This was when I was 24 so you would think after 18 years I would have learned.

Now I regret not given this a higher score. I think the title and the X-Acto blade threw me off. I thought it was an interesting shot and well done but it seemed like a weird cult thing.

After reading what I just wrote about some of my own scars, I realized that I had a brief notion of photographing my right hand with my middle finger up. That is the one that is has a chunk missing. The nail grows really wierd and you can see the flesh of my finger under it. It has been Over 30 years so I'm so used to it I don't notice it, but every now and then I'm able to see it with fresh eyes and it is rather fascinatingly ugly. I decided against it because I wasn't up to futzing with lighting. I didn't enter anything.

Kudos for being your usual defiant self and entering this.

Message edited by author 2004-07-07 21:03:53.

50 Cents
by melismatica

Comment:

Originally posted by Kylie: Like this a lot. Do more like this one!!

Thanks Kylie. Your request is very gratifying as this is a favorite of mine. It was very tempting to submit it to the June Free Challenge. It is a bit grainy looking and I've been slammed for that in the past. I wish I had now, since my 'pandering' shot isn't doing so great anyway.

Nasty Boo Boo...
by sfarrell23

Comment:
My daughter sprained her finger this week and I was tempted. This is pretty gross so I'm glad I discarded that idea.

Little Purple Pills
by justine

Comment:
Ha! I take Nexium too and I had this idea but rejected it. This is pretty good. You've managed to make it not too boring.