Chrlz*
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276981)

A wonderful shot.  White it displays one of the two main shortcomings of
a cat lens, Chrlz has taken full advantage and turned that defect into a
balanced composition element.  It has a quality similar to a "dowled"
aluminum surface and makes a fine background for the silhouetted grasses
in the FG.  The grasses are not sharp enough to really make the shot
outstanding and I question whether they would have looked better dead
black or with more fill light (not that the former would been easy to
achieve).  One of my favourites and possibly the "cheekiest" response to
the mandate.

Paul Furman
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276986)

I'm taken with the qualities of the light at the strongly lit subject
vs. similar shade background highlights.  The main subject is not very
interesting, however as its random "weedy" look doesn't have any balance
of form that's appealing.  The bokeh is well caught and we can see that
the lens is not a particularly great bokeh lens, but it's not terribly
distracting.  Had the main subject had a more interesting form with
straight lines or long curves, then the BG would have been a good to
great compliment. (See bandicoot's Still Life example for example of
"nice" weeds and use of their form).

Mark Lauter
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276987)

Too soft, too centered, too shallow, over exposed.  Bokeh is freaky.  I
would suggest that it's not neccessary to shoot wide open to get bokeh
and that a subject that has soft edges does not compliment a really
smooth bokeh'd BG.

Jim Kramer
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276988

Because of the heat "waves" in the air behind the front wall of the
building, I'm having a hard time seeing the bokeh.  I'm sure it's there,
but the turbulence in the back "extinguishes" it.  I do love the
contrast of the grey/black against the flames which, while frozen, seem
to be intense and full of life.

Tom Gabriel
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276989)

(Was this resized since first posted?)
Overall the shot seems lost.  Spiders are impressive when they really
fill the frame or when there is obvious tension between prey and
predator (of which the spider can be either).
One element that is great is where the spider web shines against the oof
bg.  The bokeh, where evident, isn't particularly pleasing to me, it's
just there as a result of whatever desired high speed Tom took in taking
the shot.

Doug Payne
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276990)

One of my favourites of the set, and I wasn't surprised to learn in
another thread that the lens is the Tamron 90mm (I assume f/2.8).  The
element that strikes me the most is the mirror-like "reflection" of the
stamen (?) at the back of the flower.  This makes the photo in my
opinion.  The bokeh is very smooth, however there isn't much by way of
highlight to really explore the quality.  See:
http://www.aliasimages.com/images/56276990.06bokeh_Doug_Payne%20VAR.jpg
For how I would have liked to see it composed, getting a diagonal
treatment.  (Better than this hasty crop, but you should get the idea of
what I mean).

Bowser
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276992)

One of the more creative shots in this set.  I agree with Ken that a
"back alley" version would have been great (at the risk of the gun
wielding model being snipered by the police), but I do believe this is
just as authentic a treatment as armed break-ins do occur and people are
held at gunpoint.  The perspective treatment, point of focus and angle
of the gun, bad-guy posture, curved (wide angle) effect of non-subject
areas, etc., etc., are very strong.  As to bokeh, a bit harsh.

Alan Browne*
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276993)

Neighbor's garden, gusty day, metered a grey card and shot away.  I did
the usual "flat on" shots of this subject:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1534241
but I prefer the oblique treatment:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1534247
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1534254 (a little over exp).

Al Denelsbeck
(http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/56276994)

I'm mystified as to whether that's a small crab or a spider.  As to
bokeh, the subject should be in focus (the moss?) and the bokeh should
be out of the BG highlights.  So, wrt the mandate I'm lost on this one.
 The overall color set here is quite dull and detracts from what could
be an interesting image.

Cheers,
Alan.