rite of passage
by mariuca

Comment:
I like to drop a comment on my top vote that placed the lowest and you have that unhappy distinction this challenge. I found the soft glowing colors and structure of the shot quite fine, and that sense of imminent arrival as the doors would part and the figure would emerge, quite well found. Sorry so few agreed with me.

Free Range Chicken
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
The only thing wrong with this image is that it is of a chicken. The lighting is lovely, the colors are rich, the pose is perfect; But it is a chicken. Next to stuffed animals, few things are going to score worse on DPC than a chicken. Why we love seeing cows and sheep but hate looking at chickens is one of life's enduring mysteries.

Elegant Hydrangea, reflected
by sfalice

Comment:
Nice placement and the reflection is just perfect.

pure joy
by Tiberius

Comment:
Great capture of pure emotion in a challenge with far too little of that.

tutu
by grahamgator

Comment:
Lovely, my top pick, glad to see it on the front page. Congratulations Mary.

Photobomb
by Phocal

Comment:
A much better image than entry. In free study, I would love this, but pastel colors are the essential for this challenge, and they are not strong enough here.

Both
by Melethia

Comment:
I do love these dual entry shots, I know they are hated by the general voting community and I wonder if that fact does not make me love them all the more.

100 years of Silence
by ambaker

Comment:
A bit of blur to remove that sharp halo at the edge of the sky where you burned in would have been welcome.

AfterLife
by Waitingsilence

Comment:
hokey concept very well done, among my favorites so far. I wish there was a bit more than blocked up blacks on the left, but the ghost and stone are nails.

The trees watch over them
by Nicht

Comment:
I get a notion of what this place is like from this picture, but I want to go up and look around, to see something special. What we have here is too generic. Making the tree the star puzzles me since it isn't a terribly lovely tree.