4
by skewsme

Comment:
6 Celestial.

6.3
by patches

Comment:
OK, 6.3 I'm torn here. On the one hand it's a terrific portrait of a fine looking dog. On the other hand it feels a bit artificial, though I can't pinpoint exactly why.

5,8
by Mona

Comment:
7.2 I find this image to be cheery and well-observed, a celebration of an ordinary sight that can be easily ignored as prosaic. The colors are sharp and simple. Also, I enjoy when something sparks a recognition of something else that is otherwise entirely different -- here, the American flag.

Mmmm.. How much shall I get? 6 ????
by Wessam

Comment:
6.7 This egret is striking striding across a parfait landscape. A modern graphic sensibility is at work here.
A subjective thought -- if the picture were cropped at the left to exclude at least the ship on the horizon then the bird would be less centered, and so more dynamic.

5.82
by vawendy

Comment:
7.2 Really finely done. What a wonderful children's book illustration this would make. The lighting is terrific, with the highlit mouse on the plate and the black cat emerging from the darkness.

5.8557
by Zoomdak

Comment:
7.4 Serene land/seascape. The muted grays, blues and blacks (can black be muted?) beautifully contribute to this feeling. The composition and the procession of planes lending depth are well-handled. I especially like how the aforementioned procession goes from small in the foreground to huge in the background (not counting the sky) -- birds, people, smaller rocks, larger rocks, and jutting headland.
.1 subtracted for sensor dust relic in the sky.

Ambush - 4.2
by rooum

Comment:
7 The very pretty blue corrugated metal framing and like-colored wooden door placed smack dab in the stone wall are quite appealing. Then there are the two trees, one right in front of the outwardly opening door. What's that about, or is it just a matter of perspective? Curiously, the entire blue section looks like it can travel to the left on a metal railing track. And why are the trees so pruned? A fun mystery.

6
by Judi

Comment:
8 There's a lovely muted quality to the terrain and the sky's colors are beautifully modulated, orange and blue. The foreground hill nicely anchors the image. That it's centrally split along the horizon doesn't seem to matter because the clouds offer continuity as they echo the mountains.

5,1551
by mrbig65

Comment:
10 This image hits all the notes that make it personally deeply emotional, though I can't say whether it's merely me or if many people are moved by this beautiful blue, the time of year, the time of day, the seemingly isolated rural setting and the way the fog perches on the hillside. Loneliness and exhilaration. A door opening into the rest of your life.
My favorite in this challenge.

A house and a tree.
by EgillP

Comment:
What it says. Quiet, poetic image with, to my eyes, overtones of Ansel Adams.