train by day - sleigh by night
by vtruan

Comment:
Great capture. I love the colours, focus, just about everything. The only thing I am debating with myself is if for this particular challenge, if I would have done a tighter crop to bring even more focus to the man. I̢۪d be curious to know if you though about cropping at all, or even tried a few different ones.

Drunk Dave!
by jmlelii

Comment:
Well it̢۪s a person and it̢۪s amusing once, but as a picture you would go back to and look at again I don̢۪t see it. Unless of course you know drunk Dave and you want a laugh at his expense once he is sober. =) It meets the challenge but the long term appeal factor is very low.

MN Governor Tim Pawlenty
by JordanZ

Comment:
Two small changes I would have made. I would have removed the border I think it takes away from the image, and I would have done a slightly different crop. Cropping to his arm on the right to lose the majority of the black framework in the background and to place the subject slightly off center. Then cropping a sliver on the left just to eliminate the excess space after the podium ends.

Weathered
by nico_blue

Comment:
Great shot, very urban. Honestly, I would not change a thing this is a 10 in my opinion.

Downtown Piper
by artvet

Comment:
Great capture, the composition is perfect. Is this a crop from a much larger image? The only reason I ask is there is a lot of noise. I think I would have ran this one through neat image (not something I normally suggest) on a very low setting to keep the grain but drop some of the noise. Other then that I think this is a great candid and perfect for this challenge

Anticipation
by Shaman

Comment:
Nice candid shot, which we all know, is very hard to shoot perfectly. To improve the shot it would have been nice if the boy on the left was turned slightly towards the camera as I find him a distracting element rather then a part of the image as is. The alternative which I think I would have gone for, is to crop him completely out and focus on the seller. Of course then you̢۪d have to change the title.

Candid at sunset
by Arancha

Comment:
Beautiful shot. The colours are amazing. I really hope you don’t get marked down because the person in this picture is really not the main focus and in fact is just an element of the whole. I think the immersion into the environment is perfect for this kind of shot because it helps to convey the beauty of the nature and how people react to it. The only adjustments I would have made (specific to this theme) is made the person more detailed – it’s almost a silhouette which would have worked if the person did not blend so well into the rocks with the colouring and the limbs close to the body posture. Outside of the challenge I’d leave it as is.

Daughter #2
by Man_Called_Horse

Comment:
I’ll tell you the absolute first thing that popped into my head and stuck there above all other considerations when I saw this shot. The big hunk of hair over her one eye just completely rules the image. When you do close ups of people in my opinion the eyes make the shot, almost without exception. In this shot with no other elements that would have been intruding – if you had just adjusted that one hunk of hair so you could see her eye it would have made this fantastic. Wispy hair is ok, but almost totally covering the eye becomes a distraction.

Skaters
by aerogurl

Comment:
I had to laugh; they look like such the stereotype of teenagers half out of it. Their expressions are great. Was this shot set up or candid? I would have liked to see the subjects more sharp and in focus. As a people shot it̢۪s great because it has the element of humour and a bit of a story.

2
by Vanessa 72

Comment:
Very cute! Those smiles are priceless. The crop is a little tight for me, I don̢۪t mind so much the boys shoulder being lost but the girl̢۪s head would be better if it was not cropped off a bit. Kids are hard to shoot though, so who knows if you had time to frame it better. The only other thing I notice is the halo around their bodies, which is particularly noticeable in the area where their arms meet.