Highlights for Children - 4th of July Issue
by rj324

Comment:
While I've never seen anything quite like this on HiglLights, in a special edition perhaps I can imagine it. The photo is fairly well suited towards the topic, although a bit shy on cover-copy space, though I think that's less of an issue for Highlights. I wish given the colourful Ferris Wheel you could have gotten a more colourful firework, but it's still nice.

Cigar Aficionado
by crabappl3

Comment:
Precisely the type of thing I've seen on Cigar magazines. I don't know yours in particular but other versions have had items like this. Lots of negative space at the top seems common, lots of room for the text. Close-up to show the brand and style is also common. I can easily see it. Good job.

ELLE
by jenarom

Comment:
Best women's magazine pose yet, although frankly I cannot imagine Elle putting that particular top on the front cover of their magazine (I could be wrong). Also, the grass in the background may not have been the best choice -- against sky might have been better, or a neutral background in general. Model's makeup and hair is about what I'd expect from such a photo. Crop seems about right for this magazine.

"DOG WORLD"
by melissarts

Comment:
No issue with your basic subject, but the dog is difficult to see due to lighting which would make it less a good candidate for a cover photo. Cropping would be possible with this shot to fit cover format, but colours being as they are might make copy placement difficult. Seems a bit blurry.

4-H Projects News
by sherryk471

Comment:
Blurry and too bright. Not sure how a crop would end up looking if photo was too large or wrong dimensions, so possibly too-far cropped (and small). Topically it seems fine.

Home and Design
by sher

Comment:
This is an amazing-looking home, if it's yours I'm very jealous.

Also, I can EASILY see this gracing a home design magazine. Even though there's very little in the way of decor it's the sort of clean, simple lines such publications seem to favor for shots like this. It's very crisp and clear, well-lit and cheerful. There's room for copy and logo.

Flare (Canada's Fashion Magazine)
by frisca

Comment:
With a setup like this, a blue backdrop would have been preferable to more closely mimic the beach setting. I'll assume your magazine exists; as a fashion magazine this is a reasonable setup. I don't know but that they might have chosen a more contrasting shoe colour and worked the text around it, though this way makes it easier for the copy compositor, certainly. Lots of space up top for copy, too.

National Geographic-Wolves in Captivity
by sagestudio

Comment:
Way to catch the howl, very nice. Shot seems rather blurred everywhere but the muzzle and vicinity; I think a sharp focus on the wolf entire would have been preferable. I think NG is more prone to wild than captivity themes but it doesn't seem entirely unlikely.

Mushroom News
by LarsPaysen

Comment:
Mushroom News... heh, whaddya know, it really exists. (No offense, I just had to check; I would have suggested Mycologia instead otherwise.)

Fits the magazine topic just fine. Maybe a little busy of a background for easy text laoyout but only becaues of the pale patches, and it's probably workable with. A close-up shot on what appears to be damage could easily go with a cover story.

PLAYBOY
by dan_pendleton

Comment:
The problem here, of course, is that so far as I know Playboy has never done a cover that didn't feature a single model, usually the centerfold model. You would have been better off with some other men's magazine.

Also, I would be more prone to think that on a men's magazine, "chick in a car" would be more likely than "couple" in a car, because, of course, guys want to believe they can have the chick and the car (it's a marketing gimmick).

I would have been more prone to buy this as some sort of celebrity-focus magazine even without it being a picture of recognizable celebrities.