A bookworm's best friend
by TrollMan

Comment:
Nice portrait. Top 5 in my picks. I like the close crop

eye eye
by steve100

Comment:
Love the eyes! Pretty model but wish she'd redone her nail polish! This is one of my favourite images and in my personal top 3, but I don't expect the picky voters to rate it as highly as I do. An identical post without the hand might do better as I think the brightness of the nail polish in comparison to the rest of the shot which is quite muted may put some voters off. I love it though :-)

My Superman
by imagesbytlp

Comment:
Absolutely adorable, and a fun idea. Nice lighting and focus on the eyes. My pick for the blue!

What? No jobs?
by bjh0705

Comment:
I had this one down as the winner! Sorry you missed out on a ribbon, but congrats on 4th. A fantastic and fun picture.

Delicate Balance
by selesiana

Comment:

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf: It's dead when it's picked... so technically DNMC. Pity too.

Nah.. how about cutting? Chop a bit off a plant, dab it in some rooting powder and stick it in water / compost and it grows new roots and you have a new plant. So not dead :-)

Yipee, I struck gold!
by Ammie

Comment:
The second kid in the background is distracting and it would work much better as a photo of just the one kid somersaulting. No sharp point of focus makes the eyes wander without locking onto a subject

Finally! :-)
by Skippy_NF

Comment:
Congrats! Would have been a better photo if the test was in clear focus though, and perhaps move to the left slightly so that we could see more of the smiley face in the background

My lucky penny
by thekfactor

Comment:
Could do without that distracting blade of grass sweeping across the face of the coin, and a little sharper focus on the coin too.

Lucky it didn't fly away!!
by Rgarcia

Comment:
Lovely close up with perfect focus in the right place. Nice detail in the feathers. One of my top 5, but I suspect other would prefer it to be rotated in some way to be more pleasing to the eye.

Lucky = A Bird in the Hand
by Fromac

Comment:
Fantastic shot of a Coal Tit... they won't let me get within 15 feet in my garden. Very flighty. It must have taken a lot of patience to train one to feed from the hand. Lovely and sharp where it counts and depth of field makes the subject leap from the photo. A bird in the hand indeed! Top 3 in my eyes