Sky & Telescope
by Chilly0999

Comment:
Wow, wow, wow, NICE moon photo.

What's more, the fact that it's that closeup seems to fit your intended magazine nicely; I'm not familiar with it but with a title like that it seems a good bet.

B&W is the right choice here, both because I've frequently seen B&W moons on the cover of magazines and because it makes it so much easier to place copy on the front.

My only potential complaint depends on the layout of the magazine; a closer crop or the use of full-bleed would obscure a section o fthe moon, which would suck.

National Geographic
by magnetic9999

Comment:
First thing that struck me was how bright the left face is, which would make it harder to place copy across it (though not impossible); a different crop or angle might have helped with this.

As far as the magazine goes, I could see this on the cover, yes. It's interesting and ethnic-feeling.

LIghting at the top seems slightly bright.

Martha Stewart Living
by nborton

Comment:
Slightly more vague than I might have invisioned on a Martha Stewart cover but not out of the question by any means. (By 'vague' I mean the cover art tends to focus on, say, a whole flowerbed or a project involving flowers more than it would a single bloom but that's on limited experience, I admit.)

I like the shot a lot. It's got great colour contrast, and the focal blur in the back makes the ideal backdrop for coverlines. The only place it suffers at all is fitting the logo at the top without obscuring the flower, which is minor; they might choose to continue the green colour up into an added background to compensate.

Travel & Leisure (Cincinnati)
by lecalan

Comment:
This is a wonderful photo in general; I love the lighting, it's very crisp, it's a good angle to do this from.

Topically it fits your magazine choice well.

My only complaint would be from a compositor standpoint. There's room for the logo and other top matter, but it would be difficult on a shot with this much colour contrast to fit in coverlines. I see a couple spaces where one could do it (the water, above the bridge) but it'd be tight to work with it. It's possible some judicious desaturation or other adjustment would fix this, though.

New Scientist
by Paulk

Comment:
Topically the photograph is fine, I can easily see this on New Scientist with the right article. I think you would have been better off with not quite so bright of lighting glow. The fade on the light would also have been softer which would help the compositor. The sharp focus on the top edge of the focus is good but it loses some at the bottom edge of the rim because of the lighting as well.

Country Living
by jjbeguin

Comment:
It's a pretty photo with nice lighting -- I like the hazy lighting come through the trees and the small bit of bright up near the top. I don't know your magazine and haven't looked it up, so I'm judging by title alone. It is a country-looking scene (at least it is a non-urban looking one) so it's obviously somewhat topical, though I'm wondering if a 'Country Living' would be more inclined to show a scene that seems more inhabited than this; it helps you have a solid path running through the left bottom corner, so it doesn't feel entirely remote.

Anticipation
by adine

Comment:
Wow, I'm really surprised this didn't place higher. I just wanted to say this was my favorite of the photos I'd seen and while I suppose 15th out of 202 is not a bad place (top 10%!) I liked this considerably more than the winners (no offense to the winners).

Also, who the HECK voted this a 1? They're on CRACK. Heck, even the 2s and 3s I don't really get.

This Won't Hurt A Bit
by GolferDDS

Comment:
This is only the second photo I'm looking at but I strongly suspect it will retain its originality throughout. Despite being very staged I think it's a good idea; it's 'arty' and I'm perfectly fine with the 'dentist office' relation to the topic.

Logitech Abstract
by JPR

Comment:
I neither care for nor understand the point of the big white border line to the left. It's just distracting to me.

In terms of lighting I like this. Otherwise, well, it's the bottom of a mouse, and it doesn't terribly interest me, though it meets the topic fine.

Milk... It Does A Body...
by tolyanchik

Comment:
Skim milk. Ick.

Considering how much of the required elements of your photo (milk, milk carton) are white, I think I would have chosen a different, even if not terribly darker, coloured stuffed animal. Also the lighting in this seems rather bright but it may be an artifact of teh chosen colours.

I like the basic idea, and the framing is not bad though maybe shifting the center just a bit downwards so the glass isn't almost sitting on the edge would have been nicer... some of that's a reaction to the homogenous colour scheme, though.