Textbook
by donnamt24

Comment:
This was one of my top 3!

(* *)
by wildiris

Comment:
Congrats on the top 20 - I thought it was top 3

Caterpiller Overlords
by chazyorick

Comment:
Great idea - tough challenge. I would crop out the whole right side.

Chemistry
by jodiecoston

Comment:
Well done. Hope to see it on a textbook cover soon.

Eye View Of Reading
by gsal

Comment:
Congratulations. Gripping eye.

The Bad Apple
by Rikki

Comment:
Congratulations - I picked this for the blue - sorry I didn't vote this time.

Paying Attention To Teacher
by e301

Comment:
Congrats. She's asking people to stop taking photos! - now that is even more brilliant.

Good Morning Little Schoolgirls
by pinotken

Comment:
Thank you for the excellent comments and scores. I̢۪m sorry I didn̢۪t have the time to vote in this challenge.
I later regretted using this title - the song to which it might allude is wrong for the innocence of the girls.
The cut off feet is the biggest dissappointment - gotta take more care - the picture will never happen again. I agree that it needs more light from the left but I would never use a flash fill in this situation, The girls knew I was shooting but I was being as unobtrusive as possible, I had the little camera on my knee while they were watching their teacher be introduced to two of my students (we are working on a community project across the road). The girl on the left is Carolina (pronounced ‘eena), her mother helps cook for us.
I guess I wanted to be a bit like Henri Cartier-Bresson in the neighbourhood with his quiet little Leica rangefinder.
I̢۪m glad some people liked this a lot - I do. There are two other pics from this day that may be technically better and just as engaging that I will post in a month or so when I get home and work on them.

Message edited by author 2006-03-22 01:29:01.

Dad where is my mother?
by biggis

Comment:
I changed my vote on this 3 times (7 in the end). If the challenge had been 'Twist my gut", it would have fared much better.

Makes me cookies
by mycelium

Comment:
Many of the pics had other things that drew focus away from the mother, but this one works! Maybe its the wonderful smile, maybe its the colours. Well done.