The Dream Catcher
by jagar

Comment:
The best photo misses out on a ribbon. Go figure.

-Caption this picture-
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
I love this entry.
I chuckle every time I look at it because of that one eyeball from the mounter. It should have done better. Maybe if it hued it in pink or some other PG colour.

Born On The Bayou
by Cory

Comment:
This was my second highest vote.
Good job on the ribbon.

Walking Giants
by scooter88

Comment:
Holy shit, I'm sorry.
I thought I was bumping this up at the last minute from a 9 to a 10, instead I'm your 1 vote. In every free study I always choose one photo to be the best of the lot, and this was it, at least in theory. Turns out I placed you at the bottom with the chafe.

After the Rain
by mycelium

Comment:

Originally posted by mycelium: Of course, this was also the time that the happy families decided that they wanted to stick their kids on the base of the Arch and take happy family photos, but some of the photog crowd was not shy about telling dads with PowerShots to get out of the way...

Unless you had a permit enabling you to monopolize the Arch, I would have told you to f*ck off. What gives you, or the other photographers, the right to tell the families that they're less entitled to their photos compared to your lot? Really interested to here the answer to that one.

Message edited by author 2012-08-16 13:50:40.

Between last breaths and first regrets...
by pamb

Comment:
#2, tied with another
So many images missed in this challenge, that this was an easy second. The subtlety of the rose in the middle can be lost if you don't look for an extended period of time. If you could have pulled slightly more contrast in that region, this image would have been much better; not much more contrast, just a little.

I've paid my dues time after time
by hahn23

Comment:
#3
A good nature scene captured in the wild. That alone propelled it a little higher. It's a little too white washed for my liking, and missing some high-key blur, but so are many of the entries in this challenge.

I'll never forget the first day i met her
by jagar

Comment:
#2, tied with another
First saw this and Quato immediately came to mind from Total Recall. I think this is a really strong image with a WTF story behind it. I'm really curious to know why there's a figurine hanging off this dude. Unfortunately, I think there's a better photo in this challenge, but this was really close to tying with my top vote.

Look at me and listen close
by Mike

Comment:
#1
I believe this is mike_311, at least it looks like his wife from other shoots. This is the best photo of the challenge. It really helps that the subjects hair gives the perfect contrast to the high key whites of the rest of the image. Hopefully you're not getting dinged for having OOF instead for the upper right hand portion of the image.

螳螂拳 (Mantis Style)
by mefnj

Comment:
#3, tied with another.
My only high vote involving colour. I have a fascination with fauna so I'm somewhat biased. The composition is really good and the title made me chuckle. For some reason it reminded me of watching the Five Deadly Venoms.