Above the Birds
by vawendy

Comment:
Great composition... I love that you've captured the full wingspan and cropped it so that they go from corner to corner. It's only a shame that it's such an ugly bird and it gets lost somewhat in the dirty water below... not things you have any control over, I know... but perhaps explain why an otherwise great shot didn't do better with the voters perhaps.

Lorikeet
by rodfulk

Comment:
Where does one find a lorikeet in Northeast Arkansas,USA... ahh... I see from the location info, it was at a zoo in Ohio... anyway...

Great colour and clarity in this image... and DOF is brilliant. Where the shot suffers is in the composition and crop. That blade of grass that goes from the bottom right to right in front of the birds head... a killer. Also, cropping the birds tail... ouch! Final negative is the blurry colourful thing in the background... lose these three things, and you would have been laughing. Though... still think you may have had a lot of pedants making you down for not being above the subject enough... perhaps.

Play Time
by BAMartin

Comment:
Excellent composition and colour in this image and I love the details in the floor. Image might be a tad too busy, in that, there's no real path for the viewers eye to follow... I find myself just jumping around the image, looking at the colour, then the people, then the cranes on the string, back to the people, etc etc... so perhaps its too balanced? I don't know... :(

The center of their universe
by Melethia

Comment:
I should have known that this was a Melethia. Well done. I love it when a photo draws me in to investigate it in detail... this, like many of your images has those hooks that drag me in and make me take my time to look at it. Exceptional work...

Edited to fix spelling error.

Message edited by author 2009-07-16 01:02:38.

Hop Scotch Sneakers
by quiet_observation

Comment:
I think this image suffered in voting because the footwear wasn't a significant enough element in the image. I like the idea and the processing, but the shoes just aren't even close to being the subject and the voters punished you in the voting for this.

Nature Made
by Kelli

Comment:
Congratulations on the top 10 finish, and on the Team Suck top score award for the challenge. Well done. Nice colour and it's nice and sharp, which really makes the shoe pop... though I find the surface it's on quite distracting, and the composition lacks dynamic... would have like it taken from a different perspective perhaps... but ask 3 other people what they think, you'd get 6 different opinions :) Again... congratulations on a very nice image and doing well in the challenge.

Tread
by colorcarnival

Comment:
I liked this one, and scored it well during voting. I can't understand how this didn't fair better with the voters. Sharp where it needs to be, good use of shallow DOF. Interesting... well composed... this is most definitely worthy of a final score in the high 5's low 6's perhaps... think you've been hard done by only getting a 5.39.

Season's End
by karmat

Comment:
I like this image, and scored it relatively high. I really like the idea, and the colour and detail, but think the ball is a tad too dominant and thus takes away from the shoes. Great title too... though, I have to admit, I didn't notice the title until now... I often don't notice the title unless the image needs it to explain how it meets the challenge... your shot stands up without the help of the title though, which says a lot about it. Well done!

Jumping Rope
by Emerkaza

Comment:
Well done. This is a very nice shot, and an excellent example of how to use selective desaturation effectively. Composition is good, however, it may have suffered in voting a little because of the background behind the feet (is it a bush or grass area?)... a uniform background (all asphalt or all grass) may have fair a little better.

Waiting
by BrianR

Comment:
This is an excellent idea... well set out... think it's a little soft though, and the crop may be a tad too tight, and the boots are competing with the cigar and books for interest... and I think the boots are losing.