Floating Flame
by TerryGee

Comment:
Clever candle; excellent focus and exposure, although to be a completely cliched flower shot I think the flower has to leave the frame in the upper-left corner...

Natures Purple, Man's Yellow
by K-Rob

Comment:
Great job getting the lightning and the upper clouds -- you will probably lose points for not straightening the horizon (you could do that easily when cropping without losing anything significant).

Comet Falls (Duotoned)
by paganini

Comment:
On my monitor the highlights and lighter midtones look a little too bright for my taste...I think a little darker would add to the atmosphere and maybe bring out a little more detail in the rocks on the far side. Like the setting and composition a lot...

In Low Earth Orbit
by magnus

Comment:
You certainly suggest a different perspective for this type of shot!

Lemon: from primary to secondary color. Naturally.
by deadbrain

Comment:
I just thought of the perfect use for those little wireless X10 video cameras...nice job! Also gives new meaning to the old cliche "They broke the mold when they made that one..."

Butterfly Fantasy
by dsidwell

Comment:

Originally posted by paganini: I knew these were fake butterfly, hence the 2 vote, you can tell by looking at the perfect colors of the butterfly wings, which doesn't happen in nature, also the edges of the wings, looks like it's CUT from paper. We already have what, a ton of photos with hue adjustments and shifted colors FOR NATURE shots (which i consider blasphemous), but this one is worse. It's just like spot editing an image by inserting elements that weren't there before. I don't care for other shots, but for nature shots I'd expect real photographs, not fake ones.

This wasn't a "Nature" challenge, it was a COLOR challenge. I see it as a "real photograph" of a variety of objects in the colors specified...

Primary Roses
by kiwiness

Comment:
I also came across some Blue Roses a couple of weeks ago, but was too chicken to submit to the Flora challenge. The ones I saw have crystals on the edges of the petals as if they'd used a sugar solution to dye them...your's look a little blown-out on the edges of the blue petals -- maybe a light diffuser would help there (my flower photo has a similar problem...sigh).

Witch - Craft
by Beetle

Comment:
It could be done within the DPC rules, but the vignette would be exactly centered instead of a little off like I have it, and would take a lot more experimenting to get right. Basic technique is to SelectAll, Border (with a big value like 60 pixels), Feather a large amount, and then fill with black. The color change is tone curves applied to the RGB and Blue channels.
Quick re-do: DPC-Legal

Witch - Craft
by Beetle

Comment:
I went ahead and tried the modifications I suggested. You can see if you like the results here

Confusion. Which Shall I Choose?
by GolferDDS

Comment:
I bet trying to decide gave you a headache...