banded
by aberration

Comment:
Handsome scene. Beautiful, soft light. The way the foreground trees are lopped off, likening them to columns, adds a sense of majesty and intimacy. And the slope is anchored by the horizontal orange-red band on the tree (trees?). A creative way to feature the color by adding it as an understatement, like a touch of lipstick.

sale
by jmritz

Comment:
Terrific image. I very much like the title. An alternative could be "whee!". There's a great sense of fun and action here. It's like a kid's eye view, standing up in a grocery cart while being pushed at a clip by an older sister or brother towards orange exclamation marks.

Sunday Morning
by Cuttooth

Comment:
I like this photo. It's casual, cheery and surprisingly interesting, full of lines, textures and glowing light, the latter set off by the blue glass of the building's left face.

Last Catch
by Neil

Comment:
This is a beautiful image, modest, quiet and finely composed. A peaceful, eternal moment. The orange light on the door is so situated that it could be the sun on the horizon.

Sunset in the Artic
by HalldorIngi

Comment:
The modest orange here is beautifully set off by the expanses of blue. I also like the composition which finds so much of interest in the deep, flat foreground and midground. Subtly stunning.

A River Runs Through It
by hotpasta

Comment:
Amazing, sinuous cityscape flooded by dark sunshine. I love the breadth of this.
A subjective thought -- I'd be curious to see it as a panorama consisting only of the top half (and without the column at the far left), without the tall foreground buildings and what looks like industrial parks. Then the bridge, river and city beyond would seem to disappear like a wafer consumed by sunlight.

Ice Cold Orange
by Len Scap

Comment:
Handsome scene in which the wintry mountains are passionately embraced by a gorgeous sunset. It's absorbing to see the oranges transform through red into purple. I like how the image is given space on the right from which the brilliance emerges.

Feathered Vanity
by SandyP

Comment:
Striking yet subtle, an almost poetic palette. The pose and depth of field are wonderful, fading into glorious bokeh. A tour de force.

Pomegranate Market
by dwyllie

Comment:
Beautiful variety of oranges, gold through red, warm and cozy despite their setting. And something magical happens.... their wigs of snow endow them with personalities and they become a huddled crowd, perhaps watching the passersby. Personal favorite in this challenge.

The Great Gig In The Sky (Pink Floyd)
by mefnj

Comment:
After considerable thought I believe my comment was unfair and apologize. Although violence (and sex, etc.) is often used in a meretricious fashion to grab attention in otherwise vapid contexts , it's also a legitimate field of artistic and documentary inquiry. This image is clearly of the latter order. You can put down my reaction to knee-jerk antipathy, or being a jerk or, pardon me, jumping the gun.