Feet First
by BruB

Comment:
Excellent idea, love the lighting and DOF, sharp lines on that tag! Looks like too much NeatImage on the feet, or maybe those are rubber feet? The tag looks sharp, so maybe you used rubber feet. Would like the camera to be a bit lower.

Pigeon feet cast in silver
by mandyp

Comment:
Get rid of the title, and this is a fabulous image. There is mystery and emotion, sharp,sleek lines, nice DOF and lighting.

Footsie
by spydr

Comment:
Nice creative concept, I like the pose and framing. Would like sharper lines (focus seems too soft) and a more elegant table leg, but I love your thinking, very unique.

Smell My Feet
by crabappl3

Comment:
while feet aren't really the subject, it is a great image and a fun pose. Good DOF.

Follow The Yellow Brick Road
by Sammie

Comment:
Nice soft focus, wish the feet were a bit further apart. The sunbeam is very bright, but has a nice effect, so i'm torn, but I think it would look better without.

Mirror Drops Pink
by banmorn

Comment:
Fabulous, I'm going to try this technique! I love your focus and color, this is a top-notch image, and one of my site faves.

I shall call him... MiniMe
by dan_pendleton

Comment:
Love this shot, excellent expressions and poses, focus is perfect, I like the lighting, but some people might say it's flat, let them try to take this picture :) Touch of glare in the large cat's eye, you can clone it out for prints. The title adds so much to the image, too! Great capture, one of my few 10s for the challenge.

... And MY Battery is JUST RIGHT!
by GeneralE

Comment:
AA batteries are pretty normal size, not miniature, but they are smaller than C or D batteries, so I'll let this one slide. Lighting is very harsh (glare off the large flashlight).

dot boats
by Gaia

Comment:
I understand why you entered this, so I won't go into whether it meets my reading of the challenge rules.

Lighting: This is a tough time of day to shoot, the bright sky throws the buildings into darkness, and makes the image feel bottom heavy. I would suggest cropping quite a bit lower, maybe a cm above the top spire. The sun on the water is broken by clouds, and for this type of shot you need the water to be uniform.

Composition: A panoramic shape (long, narrow rectangle) would help this image look more honed. Cop out the sky as described above, as well as the left 1.5 inches of the shot (where the land jutts into the water in a zigzag) and the right edge up to where the beach/shore is lit (just to the right of the tall building). That will get rid of the distracting elements and fosuc the image on the water more.

Subject: I think a big issue you ran into here is that the subject of this image is actually the skyline, not the boats. if you could get down further, so we would see some detail in the boats, or give up the "dot" idea and take a shot from the water level, this would be more about boats and less about Chicago.

You have a great start here, and obviously have access to a way of taking skyline shots, so keep trying and you'll get it. One tool i use in landscape/cityscape shots is the crop tool in PS, not to actually crop, but to experiment with hiding parts of the image and see how certain elements add to the photo or distract from the subject. Turn the opacity of the crop tool to 95% and fiddle with it, you'll find it helps you frame your shot, and sometimes you will even find two distinct shots in one photo. I encourage you also to shoot in the largest file size you have when doing these, not only do skylines blow up well, the large format allows you to take multiple pieces from the photo (One cool looking building, a section of sky, or the very tops of the buildings) for use as prints without losing as much detail.

Drain Pipe Creatures
by scalvert

Comment:
I love this image, it's on my faves list now. Wish there was a real band so I could buy the CD :) Let me know if you make it available as a print.