Generation Gap
by JulietNN

Comment:
A sad tale. I feel for both your son and you. I hope he doesn't take it personally, as it's on the shoulders of the negligent. A hard lesson, but maybe there'll be a reboot in the future.

Early Morning Walk
by nam

Comment:
I liked your original but do agree that the redo is an improvement.

Freya
by Neat

Comment:
Lovely image. This looks like a stage set, so delineated and graphic as it is. The cool toning turns a rainstorm into a snowstorm, which is pleasantly disorienting. I like how an instant of transition is captured, crossing the street, from where and to where being forever unknowable, unless let out of the bag by the photographer. Personally I prefer being in the dark.

Fire season
by Ammie

Comment:
This may look hellish to some, but I don't find it so. The image is all-encompassing but seems these people have it in hand, though I imagine it sometimes goes sideways. Great sense of physical immersion. The tones are very nice, especially the touches of red. Chronicle of life.

Topsy Turvy
by Pangurban

Comment:
Cute and kinda weird. Lovely bokeh. Fine, unusual study.

w a n i n g
by glad2badad

Comment:
Great "light & dark" shot. Wonderfully silhouetted while retaining plenty of detail, especially in the water. Superb modern take on Norman Rockwell. Fine composition. Excellent and satisfying.

Field Of Daisies
by patches

Comment:
Handsome outdoor still life. The flowers have terrific solidity, sculptural reality. The processing imbues the scene with tones that have fluctuated under the light of a different sun. Maybe it's just the current heat wave in the U.S., but it feels heavy and close. Not a complaint, this only enhances the mood. The clever angle of the image gives a striving, straining feel to the flowers. Interesting and quite fine.

Fission (single frame)
by LevT

Comment:
Lovely cavalcade. The monotone substantiates the mood. Evokes life's passage, emotions, evolution and its multitude of gradations. A syncopated harmony.

the elephant's lament
by skewsme

Comment:
The reverse reflection of an elephant's eye and upper trunk is a transformation of depth and mood. The now offset eyes signal how wrong things have gone. Maybe it's a personal lament, or for all elephants, or for all the world. It's, as I read it, a sorrowful meditation. And how can we humans, woeful architects of its plight, look him or her in the eye. I see the white overlay as tears or a guitar, as in "while my guitar gently weeps." A single image essay. Disturbingly beautiful, creative, harsh and stunning.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

Book of Dreams
by grahamgator

Comment:
She's so safe and serene tucked beneath the crescent moon's chin. The sleeping moon's countenance makes the image. What's fun is how the crescent exists on its own rather than merely a phase, as clouds and stars shine through where its body ought to be. A sweet, lovely picture.