Jill in the Green
by suebenlou

Comment:
Aside from fitting the photo in the challenge, I don't really see the point of desat here. It's a lovely leaf, to be sure, but I would think it would stand out just as well even without desaturating the background.

Saturday
by Retroesque

Comment:
Lovely perspective, and wonderful colors that really 'pop' out and grab you. Gorgeous clouds.

Quiet in the City
by kolasi

Comment:
I thought at first that I didn't care for this, and that the title made little sense. However, the longer I looked, the more it made sense, and the better I liked it. The little pocket of peace under the trees doesn't reach out and 'wow', but it certainly makes the picture. The only nit-picky thing I can say is that the horizon seems very slightly off (a degree, maybe two) in the verticality of the buildings. 8.

Candy Lips
by gloda

Comment:
Lovely image. Beautiful pose, wonderful, perfect expression, natural looking eyes, and the happy surprise of the candy lips! Not overdone at all, as it so easily could have been.

Together
by marvin

Comment:
Beautiful treatment of an all-too-common pest, um, weed, um, that is, ... flower. :) Lovely texture to the petals and very realistic color. This would have been all-too-easy to oversaturate. Good job.

Fancy wedding
by imagine74

Comment:
I think perhaps a different angle would have worked much better. I had to really look before I quite figured out what this is - the angle given makes everything blend together in the busy-ness of bows, fender, mirrors, lights, and handles.

Cherry earrings
by pacpinto

Comment:
The cherries are beautiful, but I wonder about the choice of location on the body... seems a bit strange to me to place them at the ear (and to hold the ear in such an unnatural way) when there are much more interesting places for cherries... :)

Lunch Options
by BAMartin

Comment:
Love the title, and the pose/composition is excellent. The fish seems a little grainy (compared to the rest of the pic) and oversaturated, but otherwise an excellent shot.

Beat The Heat!
by sudhi

Comment:
Not to be rude, but this is a so-so picture. The angle isn't very flattering, the light is very harsh, the divided background is pretty distracting, and you've got some pretty serious halos around your subject. That being said, I applaud the choice of items to desaturate - between the color and the title, you've brought attention not only to your concept, but to the idea behind the concept. (That is to say, it isn't a meaningless desaturation, or desat for the sake of desat.) This shows me that you've put some thought into the shot, you just might want to work on the execution a bit. :)

Millies
by irisheyes

Comment:
I have to assume that the title is referring to the building in front of which the bikes are parked, but I don't get the point of the pic as it relates to the title, and I'm not seeing the connection to the items that are still in color.