A Puppy
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Love the captured expression. (I look askance at those snow people myself, but they are pretty funny.) Excellent lighting, and using black background keeps us focused on the subject.

.... is You !
by hesitant

Comment:
Ummm ... I'm taken already. Good choice for a personalized card for your special someone. The head position is classic, and the background is handled especially well. Her eyes seem to be looking just a hair camera left of the lens center. Having the eyes shift slightly more to camera right might create an impression of stronger communication. To my taste, the amount of negative space caused by including so much of the hair on our left shifts the balance of the image unfavorably. You might consider experimenting with having the right left side a bit closer to the shoulder seam, maybe balanced by a little trimmed from the top. Others may disagree.

Message edited by author 2008-12-31 10:24:18.

Santa's Cookie Collection
by GeneralE

Comment:
The yellow tones combine well with the deep greens of the background. Setting this up as a stack shows off the top item well, but hides the other cookies, with the darkest one looking unappetizingly like charcoal. Maybe an attractive positioning around the plate with a little overlapping would have been more appealing.

A Couple of Blue Ribbons ;-)
by Lonz

Comment:
Might have been good to make the top of the blue ribbon target in the background rounded white to echo the planned roundness of water drops. Despite all the threads grumbling about water drop shots, this will probably score well, but I don't predict a blue ribbon. Not voting, just commenting.

Get Out from Behind the 8Ball
by banmorn

Comment:
Interesting use of light from below, which has subtle associations with horror movies -- appropriate for an 8 ball. Pretty gold ornament top and festive red pipe cleaner add thematic contrast and enhance the image.

Playing with light
by hajeka

Comment:
Artistic high tech take on strobe with metallic umbrella. Full image is lots better than the thumbnail. I like this one.

But you'll shoot your eye out, Dear.
by drydoc

Comment:
I enjoy this view of a table top tree with elegant red draping below and excellent capture of lights and decorations. Makes me wish the image would be all about the tree.

Face... with Santa Claus.
by rembo

Comment:
Good lighting and preservation of detail. Black is good choice of background.

Shadows
by LadyK

Comment:
Scenic drive? Unusual to find such straight shadows, with the repetitive pattern lending visual interest. To give that part of the image more emphasis, consider a crop removing the sky and light blue hill and maybe a smidge of the brighter road at the bottom.

Florestan du Serin
by LadyK

Comment:
Really difficult to get such a good exposure during the brightest mid-day sun. I am enjoying the sense of motion as well as the uncluttered background.