Touch the sky
by Ammie

Comment:
Humongous invasion of a cloud mass, rushing forward, maw open and eye ablaze. Impressive sense of implacable nature, of human insignificance. Beautiful definition and color.

Foreboding
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Lovely tones and colors billowing over the lightly positioned trees. Yes foreboding, but there's a sense of the transitory peeking through from behind. Exciting and well done.
Personal second-favorite of the challenge.

Sailors take warning
by wildiris

Comment:
A trumpet fanfare of color, tooted by the sun. Must be awe-inspiring to be in its midst. What I really like is the orange reflection broken into a fluid mosaic. Strong image.

Sky Fall
by ErinKirsten

Comment:
Maybe it's hard to see the sky for the snow, but we're looking up and it's mesmerizing. The trees in the foreground are hardly more than a suggested smudge, but all the more powerful and moving for that. And the middleground a merest vapor up halfway into the scene. This tender minimalism is, to me, beautiful.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

Evening driving
by Mona

Comment:
Magic carpet blue.

Corked
by Elaine

Comment:
Quite well done.

Natural Curve
by ErinKirsten

Comment:
Curves upon curves, a splendid fanfare. One might see this as a fine botanical illustration, or take it in the wind, its buoyant freedom heedless of being anchored to its place in the world. What more can one need?

..... and a photobomber!
by roz

Comment:
Lovely curves, a fiesta primed for St. Patrick's Day. A photobomber? More like a scene-stealer. The fly's eyes nicely echo the leaves. Is such beauty transitory, or rather a matter of attention? Stellar response to the challenge.

Capital S
by Paul

Comment:
Shift one's vision from this glorious, tingling hyper-reality and you might see an abstract of textures and luminous gashes, an urban pelt. So very much here, neither shy nor apologetic. The very angle of perspective is dizzying. Black and white is a choice that makes it happen, a meticulous etching that, without a camera, could take years to accomplish. Like an Escher without the trickery. Tour de force.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

The Living & the Dead (Pines & Algae)
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Personal favorite.
The colors, and in combination, the composition and the textures are wonderful. There's a sort of symphonic flow to it, as it moves to a crescendo of exciting visual contrasts. The trees and other flora are clear as such, yet almost tease abstract with reality, and vice versa. I'd enjoy this on our wall.