Great exposure and bokeh. Might have cropped a little more closely to get rid of some distractions in background (e.g. bottom right)

great find. I think the B&W helps too

Is that to keep the buildings from drifting away?

Nice, but a high res would be good

Very nice. Good focus. I like how the shadows juxtapose the glares on the water

Nice. A closer crop might emphasize the anchor more, though.

Look like great rules. you should protect that list and keep handing it down

I need one of those number 5s

LOOK OUT!!!! That viscious beast is attacking that young woman!!!

Nice, but you might want to crop it so they are a bit more de-centered

Pretty nice. If you shot in "spot exposure" and increased the blacks a little, the background would disappear, leaving only the threads

Very nice colors. Might be nice if a little was cropped from the top and the right

Might want to play with white balance a little bit - the card and background don't look white enough

A nice photo, and good story, but friiskiwi is right, it's a bit hard to even see the threads

Nice colors, but might have wanted a little deeper DOF

a little soft, but I think it suits this shot.

You could shoot the chest etc. like that on purpose, but if you are I'd recommend the strip of overexposed light go the length of the body. Then, with some cropping, she could be stepping out of the light (like the "out of the dark" pictures, only backwards).

a little dark, but a cute kid

Great lighting and exposure

You might crop it so it's vertical. That would take out the door etc. in the background. Like the freckles

Very nice. The B&W works well

might want to reduce your yellows a little

cute crown

I like the lighting on this one. Cute kid

It does look like two friends who are very comfortable with one another

Very nice shot. I think the B&W helps too

Great use of the source. Fun picture.

Very interesting. Thanks for the info

Very interesting tattooing. What are their significance?

Probably what they do, too. The same loaf going back and forth, year after year

next year you might want to peek

Apple peeler... might core too

Artifakts is right about the focus, but it's still a really cute shot

Very nice idea... except that's not where tears appear

Very nice focus on the iris

Caught the iris well

Might be a bit high on the noise reduction

Beautiful blue

Very nice. I like your explanation of the crop, but still think I might have done what you did but crop some off the right to make it more vertical. Good shot though. I LOVE my 50mm 1.4 (Pentax DA*)

Fun memory/entry... but wasn't it for speakers?

cute kid

Interesting bird. Is it some kind of vulture or something?

Looks good in B&W

Good fit to the lighting. Like the open Bud, but love the "Happy Hippo" snack cakes

Good shot. Love the water droplet on the tip of his beak

Nice catch

Handcrafted gourmet marshmellows???

Nice, but I'm not sure the B&W helps as his beard doesn't stand out from the shirt that well.

a high res would be nice

Pretty OOF