Blue Sphere
by LanSnake

Comment:
the shallow depth of field was a good choice on this one. nice colors, and well used at that. really directs one's eye to and around the marble. 8

Ice Cold
by spiller

Comment:
another good use of shallow dof. hope the other voters appreciate it too. the line it forces your eye to follow makes this picture really interesting. 8

Primarily Blue
by jimmythefish

Comment:
i would have submitted the other one. but hopefully you get higher for this one. the colors are interesting, not quite compliments, which works well. the curves work well together. the straight lines work well too. it doesn't scream "blue!" like so many other entries this time. i might have desaturated the red of the parking meter sticker though. it's not bright enough to make this a primary colors picture, and as is is just a little distracting. anyhow. overall, it's still a very well composed picture, and definitally worth an 8. - arach.

Caught In A Whirlpool
by jimmsp

Comment:
a little more off center would have been better compositionally, i think. not sure. the off white in the lower left hand corner is too... distracting, i guess. the lines are beautiful, and the color distrubution fantastic. abstract things rule. it's not perfect, but i like it enough to give it a ten anyways.

Bottle
by ganders

Comment:
interesting composition. points for simplicity. 6

Icy Cold
by RiderGal

Comment:
disregard any other comments on how you used depth of field. i think it works perfectly. it really makes this picture. 9

Portrait in Blue
by kathleenm

Comment:
generally, a good idea, if very common this challenge. i would have a liked a different pose (more blue looking, i guess) and the yellow in the skin is really distracting.

abstract blue
by shutterfly

Comment:
love the sparse composition, and bright white. 8

Grand Opening
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
straighten, crop. the lights are interesting, but the black sky and road would waste a lot of space on a newspaper front page.

Waters over Troubled Bridge
by io

Comment:
every once in a while a title here actually makes me laugh. the picture itself might be a little better (and funnier) if the sign were emphasized somehow, but i'm not sure how you could fit that and the bridge in at the same time because of the funny angle (without sitting in the water), and cropping it differently wouldn't yield any acceptable results. the red object on the right and the car are a little distracting. maybe a change in dof, or desaturation of the reds would help.