Danny Dorfman:
"The whole idea of the contest is awesome! A real battle of the minds :) As for the picture, I liked the zoom-out technique. Really conveys the notion of being "fast"!"

Antje Scheidler:
"Ralfs Foto gefaellt mir um einen Deut besser als das Schnelletestessen-Foto von Matthias (Idee, Umsetzung,Farben). Die zwei Fotos treffen das Thema am interessantesten. Der Automat ist etwas langweilig... ;) Good stuff!"

Barbara "Babsi" Lemsch:
"Ist doof wenn ich meinen Freund nicht waehlen wuerde. Vor allen weil er jetzt auch drei Wochen nicht mehr in meinem Bett schlaeft und dafuer mit Ralf Baeren schiessen geht."

Bertholt H. Hass:
"Gute Raumaufteilung & huebsche Farben (wenn sie denn wirklich nicht aus dem Rechner kommen...) machen den 1ten Platz. Eigentlich haette Christoph einen besseren Platz verdient, da seine Interpretation des Themas origineller & weniger offensichtich ist als die von Christoph, Matthias & Marek. Als bekennender Huehnerfan musste ich davon jedoch angesichts der immensen psychischen Schaeden, die das Huhn von dem Shooting fraglos davon getragen haben wird, mit Nachdruck Abstand nehmen!
N.B. Auch wenn's bei diesem Thema nicht unangemessen war: weniger Technik, insbesondere weniger Nachbearbeitung waere vielleicht gelegentlich mehr!"

Astrid Neben:
"Christophs Bild ist leider zu unscharf. Die Idee gefaellt mir aber sonst sehr gut, weil er nicht die offensichtliche Verbindung zu MC ,BK o.ae. hergestellt hat. Ralfs Bild hat so schoene Farben, die ja garantiert echt sind, dass er nur gewaehlt werden konnte. Das Bild ist wirklich sehr ansprechend, so dass man einfach in die Luft greifen will und Pommes essen moechte. Wirklich ganz prima."

Burkhard Iske:
"Die Entscheidung zwischen Ralf und Christoph viel mir wirklich schwer, aber Ralfs Foto zeigt doch das Fast Food, wie ich es nach 4 monatigem Kanada-Aufenthalt zu genuege kennengelernt habe."

Ariane:
"Ich habe mich fuer Christophs Bild entschieden, weil die Idee mal etwas Anderes ist. Normalerweis denkt man bei Fast Food spontan an Hamburger und Pommes. Obwohl mir das Bild von Ralf von den Farben und der Ausfuehrung besser gefaellt, ueberwiegt einfach Christophs witzige Idee."

Maike Vatheuer:
ich verzweifle ja nicht (auch, wenn letztes mal ute gewonnen hat - gemein!): mein votum steht - matthias' bild arbeitet am besten - message wird sofort transportiert - sehr schoen!

Robert Edwards:
"I liked all of the pictures very much. Although Matthias' picture was my favorite in this contest, I think I would have voted for Christoph's IF he would have put that woman from previous contests' pics in his picture here since she certainly looks like dumb, fast food to me!"

Christian R. Ahlin:
"Christoph's idea was outstanding, but the photograph itself didn't portray as much as would be hoped for."

Thomas Naugle:
"It was actually a toss-up between Carsten and Christoph. With Christoph's, I loved the movement, circular motion, the blueish tones, and of coarse the humor. The composition in Carsten's was very dynamic. I admired the fact that he slowed down to use the "spot" flashing is technique. The indsutrial feel of the machine strikes me because that looks like the most unapealling machinized food regurgitator I've ever seen."

Richard Bingham:
"...Marek was the only other photographer to try a bit of originality and would have had my second vote if we could award second places!"

Martin Cooley:
"...Christoph's was unexpected when one thinks of Fast Food. The visual effects were very well done, a definite sense of moving quickly (run, chicken, run!). The axe is also symbolic of what happens to our body when we eat fast food (like burgers and fries)."

Tom Poplawski:
"In my humble opinion, only two of the five pictures tell stories: Christoph's and Marek's. I like Christop's joke, but I like even better the dynamic composition of Marek's picture. And how smart it was to make it all in red, the favorite color of those fast food joints!

Ralph, are you trying to get a job as a commercial photographer for the Allmighty McDonald's?"

Patrick Sobalvarro:
"I think most of the photographs are very professional, in the sense of good production values and reasonably good composition, but most of the ideas are flat and uninteresting. Ralf's picture seems intended to show only an example of fast food against a neutral background; Matthias' time idea is cliched and conflicts with my own experience of fast food -- he seems to think of fast food as food that one cannot eat slowly, whereas I typically pick up fast food when I am driving a long distance and want to eat while I drive. I liked Carsten's picture somewhat, but the idea of imprisoned candy seems a bit off-topic; the exposure of the candy machine too bright, and the background too clipped for my taste. Marek's photograph looked like it might have been intended to advertise fast food burgers to teen-agers, which is fine, but I am not a teen-ager so I find the concept uninteresting. I chose Christoph's photograph as my favorite because it was humorous -- it made me laugh out loud -- and a good pun on fast food."

Jeroen Aarts:
"I think it's great such a reunion of people on the internet who know each other from the past. It's great people try to raise their performace this way and share the results to people all over the world."

Anuar Amangulof:
"In fact I was seriously impressed by photoes of German guys. The topic of fast food, to be francly, is not very exciting but works are really proffesional."

Lennart Huizing:
"Some fine pictures. The idea of fast food was best captured by Matthias, though. I like the time element, but the best thing about the content of the picture, I think is the garbage that fast food always seems to attract. The colors were hateful. Good."

Erwin Lubberding:
"The photo of Marek gives a real good feeling on eating in the fast world. Run and bite... Before you're eaten by the competitor."

Jeff Carey:
"Christoph gets my vote for an unexpected and humorous approach to the subject! "Fast" food! Ha!!!"