The night lights begin to glow
by LandzEnca

Comment:
Nice collection of forms, but they don't really hang together to create a single skyline. If you could have moved left and squeezed them closer together to have less empty space around each form it would hold more excitement for me.

greed in the hour of power
by bspurgeon

Comment:
I hope the frame doesn't get you DQed. Nice reduction to architectural scale with a strong dynamic skyline. A bit of noise reduction in the sky would have helped.

And heaven and earth kissed. And it was good.
by bohemka

Comment:
Of all the flat horizons with dramatic clouds, this is the first to really work. The balance of textures and mood in ground and sky really pull the eye to the horizon. The framing really works with fairly un differentiated grass low and the same level of cloud above, then cutting in the drama in the middle. A subtle drama.

I heard the rain before I felt it
by skewsme

Comment:
A lovely shot that probably would have done better in freestudy, since the skyline is one of the least dramatic elements of this complex and complete shot. I particularly like the little wisps of fog on the hills and the reflections in the pond. Nice editing to bring the reds of the barn forward without making it scream.

DC fog
by bwo

Comment:
Perhaps a bit too strong with the vignette, but I love the perversity of this shot, a strong bi-polar skyline and a rich moody image.

Augsburg
by bjoern

Comment:
I wish you had gotten down lower for this shot, the subject is a refreshing shift from the big highrise tower at dusk, but the actual horizon line is vague here. There is plenty of interesting stuff to look at, but the skyline itself is played down.

Reflections
by scooter88

Comment:
Alovely balanced quiet study, it would look great blown up BIG. I do hope the zealots that must have all the horizontal lines absolutely horizontal no matter how they were found in nature, don't hit you too hard.

MiLLiPeDe
by BeckyT

Comment:
The balance of the rough texture of the asphalt balanced against the glossy smoothness of the crawly really works well. 8

Sportsman’s Serenity
by Denise

Comment:
Lovely soft pastels that would have done great in the pastel challenge. The way the dark trees on the left balances out the long flow of the far shore is perfect. The decision to put the main line on the upper third works really well. 8

American Gothic - Revisited
by tanguera

Comment:
My favorite of the challenge. I wish the frame was squared up and the pitchfork was all in the frame, but the critters, the colors,the expression of the model, the lighting, is all spot on.