Pickets
by skewsme

Comment:
Composition is a bit confused (maybe because of the background as well), and the laying pickets are overexposed. The whole subject seems to be out of focus.

Wine
by _eug

Comment:
I found your photo in DrAchoo's thread. I did not read the comments before, I just add a few small issues, maybe they help.

Alltogether a nice shot with only little things that could be done different, I like the shades of blue and the reflection very much. I usually try to avoid plane compositions in one level. I would move either the bottle or the glass a little bit more to the front to give it an essence of depth. A little backlightin would make the wine beautiful transparent, and I also would bring them more to the front in hope of KO-ing the edge of the table and wash the background all together and make the label readable on the bottle. The cleaniness of the glass is another little issue: if you look at it hard, you can see the splash of pouring the wine in. Be more careful, the glass has to be chrystal clear.

Just small things that may improve this one. I hope it helps.

Message edited by author 2006-02-09 02:05:33.

Sweets For My Sweet
by idnic

Comment:
I like the colours and the tilting is brave, lighting is nicely done and your shot works, because I am definitely got in the mood of eating up a box of chocolate. :-)

I skipped voting for this entry because however it's a good one, when thinking about romance I associate to people (moreover rather adults than kids). I was confused, because I missed the people, though this was too good to vote low, therefore I skipped it. I guess a lot of voters choose voting lower instead. Don't be upset because of the final score. If you had fun making this one, that's what matters!

A Model's Fantasy
by Azrifel

Comment:
Must be Kiwiness and Nasti! Ya' lucky man! :-)

inside looking out
by rachelellen

Comment:
This is such an emotive shot! I like the composition, and the DOF you used here to get the eyes clear and sharp, though, blur the background and foreground. This technique stucks him (her?) more between the limits of shallow DOF. If I were a member, I would give this one a 7 or 8.

IMO the problem is that among so many entries the voters set up a sequence and they vote lower due to the huge amount of great photos than usual. Cheer up, this one is a great shot!

Lemon Drop
by Rikki

Comment:
Way to go Rikki, this one was among my favourites! Are you going for the 50 ribbons instead of 5 this year? ;-) I am very curious how you did the fractal-like lemon drops, if you could write a short description, I would be very thankful. Pretty please.

Moments
by srugolo

Comment:
I really hoped this one will finish among the top entries. Congrats on a very well deserved ribbon. Really a moddly shot!

I love you !
by Anastasia

Comment:
Great to see you challenging, Nasti! Only 5.7 average for such a great portrait? It was among my favourites in this challenge, and a lot of entries finished better that I did not like so much than yours.

Amor est vitae essentia
by kiwiness

Comment:
Very well deserved ribbon, Gary! This was my favourite in this challange (first I mistyped it, I wrote win, because I wanted it so much :-)), and I am happy that it brought you a ribbon, congrats!!

Message edited by author 2006-02-08 02:29:45.

Drakensberg Escarpment
by whiteroom

Comment:
I love this because it has a mood of an oil painting. The colours of greens and browns and yellows bring it somehow close to me.