The essence of an annoyance
by Phil

Comment:
Congratulations!!! This is the first time, my top 3 picks landed with the ribbons and in the right order too. :p Most deserving.

Stories of Her Life
by librodo

Comment:
You've certainly raised the bar on this one!!! Pekesty and I were having a private betting session during voting on this taking the blue! Great great portrait - your best yet.

White Peacock
by Tej

Comment:
So is this, Tej (beautiful I mean!!!) I can almost feel the softness of his gorgeous feathers! Exceptional lighting.

Bristly
by RolandB

Comment:
The way the face and expression has been captured really makes this photo. A pity the post-processing seems overdone and uneven.

Wrapped Up
by oOWonderBreadOo

Comment:
Wonderful photo in itself but maybe less for this challenge.

Mixed Messages
by jjbeguin

Comment:
For what it's worth I gave this a 7 and thought it was an interesting twist to interpreting the challenge. Very original!

Crocuses
by cmeier

Comment:
Lovely colours Chris - so fresh and so "spring"! Love the lavender/purple against the yellow. The bokey seems quite interesting but I do find it rather too much. I think a tighter crop around the flower in focus might work better or a plain horizontal crop.

1-2-many
by messerschmitt

Comment:
Hi - had to look for this again. When I left a comment during voting, did wonder if this might be yours! :) (I'm getting to know some of my favourite photographers). Glad to see it placed pretty high even if I think it deserves much better. Congrats!

Not Chicken but Definitely Yellow.
by eschelar

Comment:
Read your forum post and your helpful comments on mine - thanks a lot. So here's returning the favour. First of all, I like the composition and the idea. I would also crop out the top tighter to his head so that the overall framing is more of a horizontal rectangular form but that's just me. What really spoilt it for me is the lighting. Tweety looks flat IMO, making him look rather like a cheap plastic or paper piece (sorry!). Since he's your main subject, it really doesn't help. I can't tell what the white outline is but it's very distracting and marrs the main subject even more.

You've chosen a very simple idea which could have been powerful. But the problem with simplicity IMO is that you really got to get it awesomely clean because it's the only thing that will hold the attention of the viewer. Hope that makes sense somehow.

p/s tweety was one of my favourite cartoon characters 'coz he always outsmarted Sylvester. As for him running away, I think it was more a case of smart survival skills rather than being a coward, don't you ... :p

Message edited by author 2006-04-10 14:34:15.

Warped Reality
by aznym

Comment:
Unique! Like this a lot. It's refreshingly modern and pretty artistic. One of 2 top picks in this challenge for me even tho it won't be the views of the majority.