Great Balls of Fire
by Tom

Comment:
Great photo... for the "jump" challenge... certainly an 8! Could tolerate it if he was wearing blue shorts, but gave it a 5... doesn't seem blue at all to me.

Saphire
by MAK

Comment:
Perfect. 8.

Caught in a box
by jean_muc

Comment:
Cool Find. Good crop. 7.

Blue Eyed Beauty
by Photomouse

Comment:
I think an eyeball shot would've been a winner... too much face in this one.

L'Amour A Mort
by cptpoland

Comment:
Would like it better without the cliche mirror. 7.

Collision
by Davenit

Comment:
How many glasses did you have to break for this shot?!

Blue Silk
by Shutter-For-Hire

Comment:
Super cool. Top ten for sure.

Le Feu Bleu
by deemun

Comment:
Cool flame - needs more context.

Pilgrim
by outland

Comment:
Too front lit, would have liked to have seen more light modeling. Shadow off of hood too harsh.

babyduck.jpg
by Kelli

Comment:
Cute pic. Cute duck!

The focus is a little soft on the duck, but the sidewalk is in great focus! (That's the trouble with focus sometimes!) Don't be afraid to take several pictures of a subject like this one, even switch over to manual focus if need be. You can bracket your focus (take several shots with varying focus, starting out-of-focus-near, and going a bit at a time to out-of-focus-far) -- it doesn't cost anything now that there's no 35mm to develop. :-)

Also, you might try getting down to eye level with a subject this small. I realize you were probably on a busy street, and laying down on the sidewalk might not have been advisable at the time, but setting the cam on the ground and shooting away may have yielded a far different result.