Cute

not showing much of a laugh here, you cannot really see it!

lol

Looks like he has to keep "her" there by force. I don't need a gun to keep MY wife around.

yes, excellent effort..........well done.

or boredom waiting for something to shoot at!!!

cute monster puppy... but a little over exposed

I have to agree with Nator and Jawshoewhah...........not much of an 'off guard' look about this. she is pretty though..........

which means this is off topic!

nice work

Um, sorry but this looks pretty staged when the boy has a football for the shot with the backdrop. I'm sure you probably took many to get this shot and well, that's pretty much staged. Great photo though.

what a beautiful shot! well done

a little too dark to make it out well

sorry, I agree. Nice looking young lady, but she doesn't look particularly surprised

agrees

Ok, and IMO she doesn't look that surprised. It's just my opinion, don't take it personal.

She doesn't really seem too caught off guard....

nice work..........well done.

Well done

agree, on topic, but needed a tripod or something solid to steady the camera, nice try

dof and angle need to be better to bring out the subject here...can't really see what it is?

wow, what time of day was this taken, and what settings did you use.....

A different angle would have been better

very nice

off topic

sorry i didn't get it how is this related to the theme of the contest?

nice picture

wonderful

Nice idea, but I think your 'curls' are a little too dark

memories are good to have.

You should have turned off your flash and maybe tried a night setting.

agree with ade

Agree with Ade.....

No ground can be visible in your photo.................

the emotion is very good. but i can't see the child in this pic. i see only an eye and a tear.

made sense to me.

I think you description is fine for the theme.

Kind of hard to tell what it is due to the DOF. Brownie?

Similarity in the entries but nice effort.....

Nice work....

sorry I have trouble seeing what it is.

I think if a picture needs explaining then it's missed the point. Nice try but

lovely image, could use a bit of an explination to go with it so it's considered on-theme though....

agrees...and????? I'm sorry author, just don't get the corolation to the theme w/o an explination...

nice image, but, I think perhaps they are looking for a deeper and more profound personal meaning behind the image???

Nice...looks similar to another one in this contest...

Very nice...

nice candle, but could have used some straightening.

Fingers!

chop a bit off the bottom and submit a HR and you have a winner.