all grown up
by ursula

Comment:
This engages me emotionally. Well done. My thoughts on this are that swings are a wonderful metaphor for and reminder of childhood. That remembered feeling of flying through the air without a care is a powerful one. One that we can feel drawn back to. Some aspects of the processing seem a bit ragged, but whether deliberately so or not I cannot tell, for example the dark halo around the hands and the transition area where the ground ends.

Summer
by rinac

Comment:
Evocative. Interesting POV. I like this.

Hinomaru
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Appropriate choice of high aspect ratio for this image. A very pleasing image. I find it simultaneously both calming and stimulating!

St David's Day
by daevans

Comment:
Being of Welsh heritage I appreciate the daffodil and love spoon (not sure what the second object behind that is). No red dragons available?! Nice light, but the selective desaturation doesn't work for me here. I think that is because the area of color is relatively isolated from the rest of the image.

freeform study
by chromeydome

Comment:
I like this, although as yet I cannot really articulate exactly why. Interesting lines and textures for sure. On the technical side I think you either used a lens baby or blurred quite a large area around the edge some other way. The sudden transition from blur to sharp near the front banana favors the latter theory.

A New Friend
by vawendy

Comment:
This is a captivating image!... you are holding the camera with your other hand, I assume...

I see grass
by thisfoto

Comment:
There is something quirky about this that I like. It makes me smile. I also like its simplicity and that it's all about shadows.

Afternoon sun
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Good shot overall. Technically excellent and visually interesting. I find myself wondering "why a leaf?" and there is something about its shape that imo detracts from the image, but I enjoy the light on its veins. I wonder if it would have been a stronger image with some separation between the base of the leaf and the adjacent dark area, just a thought. 7

Parking Meter Botox
by radarbrat

Comment:
Interesting textures, and the shadow is just perfectly placed relative to the arrow!

Light & Shadow Source
by Nadine_Vb

Comment:
An interesting concept, but this does not engage me at all emotionally. The most prominent part of the image is the metal socket thread, but that is the least interesting thing and also at odds with the focus you want given your title. 5