The Elegance of Bow
by blacjack

Comment:
like the curve/composition but could've cranked up the brightness a notch.

The Dress Code!
by thedarkpose

Comment:
pity, I too gave it a 9...sort of funny though, it was the first picture I voted on and actually voted it sort of low. I generally vote on all of them then go back and look at my rank breakdown and reconsider some votes....this one moved up CONSIDERABLY. Not sure why but it quickly grew on me...I guess more than anything it is an exercise in extremes in all senses and I really enjoy the subject/viewer relationship.

The Partisan
by ladibug

Comment:
this was my one 10 of the contest, in a less stockphoto type of contest it would've taken a blue ribbon.

Applausi (During the presentation of the Micha van Hoecke biography)
by Rino63

Comment:
nice composition, but I'm walking away without anything else.

any comments?
by cutout

Comment:
do I have to?

reading
by AsierreisA

Comment:
I like the B&W treatment, but would go lower on the perspective and catch more of the child's face, also looks tilted and with ugly flash use. Given that the focus is on the act of reading, the composition needs to be better centered on the key elements of reading, i.e. the childs head and book needs to be in a more key location instead of just barely trying to fit the whole child in the frame

The Chief
by dwterry

Comment:
nice lighting...technically superior but way too "stockphotoish"

The Partisan
by ladibug

Comment:
this looks like a real accident...maybe why I like it so much. Outstanding subject, subject/background relationship, and lighting. I'm also left wondering if the title was an accident too?

A Funeral
by banmorn

Comment:
novel idea, people standing in the front are distracting

Facing a Visual Culture
by posthumous

Comment:
the stick needed to be out of her face and isolate her from the other distracting elements in the photo.