The Hornet
by rhipster

Comment:
great details on the eyes and manibles. excellent color and texture captured on the front of the face. looks oversharpened to me though, especially by the second leg on the right side.

The Splash of a Kiwi
by terje

Comment:
This is visually interesting to me but I'm not really sure what I am observing. Is the kiwi sitting on an ice pedestal? The top of the kiwi looks very feathered as if hasty masking was done in Photoshop. An interesting image.

Sunset at Castle Hill
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
outtanding lighting. This is what some of the other sunset entries are lacking - you show the fantastic colors of the sunset, but also have an iteresting subject being bathed in this light. well composed and well balanced.

Film Noir Gun Girl
by magnetic9999

Comment:
fun lighting. has a George Hurrel, old Hollywood look to it. I'm not creazy about the way she is holding the gun. It looks forced and her hands are cut off in the bottom of the frame. Also, on my monitor, there is considerable banding in the lighting gradient on the background with a big visible blob at the brightest point that lines up with the gun barrel. The resulting effect, to me looks a little off because it seems that she should be looking at that spot rather than off to the side as she is. I will look at this on another monitor, but as this was my initial impression, it will be hard to overcome.

"Back" Cover Girl
by DougPaz

Comment:
a very clever pose, well composed and well lit. I think the setting could have been better owever. The chair is too big for the scene and the vertical blinds clutter things up. I think a tighter crop of this shot emphasizing her head, hand and tthe magazine would be terrific.

Mercy
by hopper

Comment:
a beautiful girl with a warm, friendly expression. Her eyes are full of life, but I don't really like the pinpoint catchlights so dead on and close to her pupils. The one finger on the tree is also a little distracting. I would have rather her been posed with more of her hand showing or none at all.

The Beacon
by alanfreed

Comment:
I like lighthouse images and this looks like an interesting place. I think though, that this shot has too much foreground in it and I wish the main subject wasn't occluded by the trre in front of it.

Graceful Departure
by connie

Comment:
A nice enough sunset with beautiful colors on the clouds and water, but other than that, there is nothing to provide any context to this image or draw me into it.

The Walk
by L1

Comment:
a wonderful momenet captured here. good choice with the toning. I wish dad' shirt wasn;t so dark compared to the other elements in the photo but it tells a good story and is presented well.

MAID
by DrJOnes

Comment:
I assume I know who took this image, but it doesn't matter as I can rate it objectively as an excellent shot. The model is beautiful (as always) and your lighting wonderful on her flawless skin. I think the glass bottles are a little distracting and I would have liked to have seen a hint of her eyes or have her otherwise engaged in some action, but it is a very sexy, well photographed image, none the less.