Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
by TomH1000

Comment:
Good detail and focus, I'd probably bring this down lower in the frame

Island Girl
by staab

Comment:
Doesn't look at all happy to be where she is, and before this shot she is totally bored. When working with a model you need to pay attention to their reaction, because it can either make, or in this example, break your picture.

Kidnapped
by smardaz

Comment:
Taken by the passenger in the front seat, at least I hope the driver was concentrating on driving. Getting the focus was good, but given the scenario you set up with the title the person wouldn't be sitting up in the back seat.

The boy under the tree
by Myrkva

Comment:
The boy under the tree looks stoned or bored. If the subject is uninterested the picture becomes uninteresting. The bright light on his face may have something to do with him squinting so much. This boy isn't out much because there is no tan. I don't think I'd even send this portrait to relatives.

Mosaic
by Chez

Comment:
this is insanely too busy

Pond Gliding
by cheegirl

Comment:
There is mostly good detail, you had another 50K of file size available to reduce any artifacts. the swan is going somewhere with a purpose, note the bow wake it is leaving. The swan is pretty much heading right at you so the crop didn't do anything for the picture.

Maasai Child
by bucket

Comment:
This is the last photo that I'm commenting on in this challenge. Mostly because I managed to wade though all of them. It is a good choice of DOF, but I wish his face wasn't so scrunched up trying to smile. It would work better if he was more relaxed. if perhaps you could have had the parent in the background as part of the picture that might have relaxed the subject more. The more I look at it, it almost seems a grimace.

Inevitable Discovery
by Imagineer

Comment:
what do you expect if you give him a shirt like that.

Goblets
by Shmee

Comment:
looks like a small chunk of alkaseltzer in each one. It is a nice effect, as is lighting angle. The rotation being off is messing with me. You know that most photo programs allow fractional degrees of rotation right? This probably needs to go .25-.50 ccw to be straight. Then you wouldn't get the tipping feeling while looking at it.

JOY
by hanneke

Comment:
Fantasia here we come.