Really nice lighting

Great shot. The lighting really makes it

Very nice shot

Good framing and composition

Nice, but a little dark

great

What a beautiful color blue! Love this!

Wonderful! This would be a great album cover.

Wow! Very cool shot! Great job author!

Wow,that is very nice!

Very realistic.Lots of tension & a great song too!

Beautiful

lovely

Love the colors in this one! Beautiful

Fantastic photograph!! Such an incredible mask.

Stunning!

great shot.superb lighting

great shot.superb lighting

wonderful

very nice

Great shot

I agree... this doesn't really look "inanimate"

Love the soft background, but would have liked a little more DOF on the vine.

nicely done, great detail.

I would think that this is the opposite of inanimation--there is so much expression in the man, he couldn't possible be a "doll" or fake

Congrats, I love this shot.

Nice Congrats

great shot

A beautiful B/W

Looks like fun - my inner child wants a turn!

I will be sure not to talk to his wife for sure! Thanks for the warning! LOL Nice capture.

*llama

I like the shot, but think this is a case of soooo close to a really nice shot. I think you have focused just short of the eye (which IMO should be the focal point of the pic). Still a nice job though.

What a shame. But i agree with Kyricom as a possible reason. I think the photo is a carnival in it self.

I guess the mods may say that people know who you are because of voting for you in the other one. Lets hope sanity prevails. as I'm sure most will vote the same way.

Still a great shot... I don't know, but would guess that it was removed because it didn't show the scenery of a carnival, but just a person. Good luck here, though - anything goes!

I still love it, and don't know why it was removed, must have been something in the wording of the contest that was lost on both of us.Must go and have a look at that contest now to see what is left.

This is absolutely brilliant.

Lovely forms.

I feel this would be better with the top part cropped right to where the paper meets the desk/table

Looks a bit better, yes. Good luck!

Love this! well done

very well done

Love the expression on the lifter's face. He is a good mime! Appreciate the technical aspects you gave us as well. As a critique I'd say you have a pretty nasty red/orange cast going on. That said, it could be argued that this gives your subject the feeling of struggling EXTRA hard. Still, I'd remove it and resubmit. Great work!

Love the focus!

I'll concur with that, Ray.

well done

I like this one, nicely done

I'm with Steve on this one, though I do think the dark shadows pull the eye down to the bright red too much and takes the focus from the face.

I disagree. The shadows being so dark add to the mystique; it gives the figure an ominous presence. Great work, author.

Well done.