Macro 3
by efaulk

Comment:
Looks like an ice cream sundae I once had - mint popcorn ooblick. Not bad.

Blues
by LevT

Comment:
(Haven't rated entries in this challenge because I'm unsure what I should be looking for. However, I'd like to express appreciation for the images that, in and of themselves, I enjoy.)
The stunning unhappiness of this child is almost unbearable. We can only pray that it's not all like this, and there's a plenitude of light as well in his life. I don't know how to say anything more.
No doubt a terrific photograph.

Behind the Church
by nam

Comment:
(Haven't rated entries in this challenge because I'm unsure what I should be looking for. However, I'd like to express appreciation for the images that, in and of themselves, I enjoy.)
There's a curious intimacy to this sparse graveyard. The toning sets the overall mood. The looming sky creates a sense of shelter, as do the structure's walls, a metaphysical windbreak. Yet it's gloriously out in the open as well, drinking in the light. Kind of breathtaking.

A curtsy for Canute
by Paul

Comment:
(Haven't rated entries in this challenge because I'm unsure what I should be looking for. However, I'd like to express appreciation for the images that, in and of themselves, I enjoy.)
This goes to show that the possibilities of beauty are infinite. So cleanly formulated and, in its own depths of expressiveness, simple. This underwater confection is then topped with the cherry of its own reflection upon the under-surface of the water. The red and blue work wonderfully together. Her hands alone could carry the entire image.

Haircut $15.00
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
(Haven't rated entries in this challenge because I'm unsure what I should be looking for. However, I'd like to express appreciation for the images that, in and of themselves, I enjoy.)
This type of image moves me with the ordinary dearness of the world.

Truro
by Bear_Music

Comment:
(Haven't rated entries in this challenge because I'm unsure what I should be looking for. However, I'd like to express appreciation for the images that, in and of themselves, I enjoy.)
Absolutely beautiful colors, sublimely arrayed. Not only the saturated blues, but also the tan, light brown beach or shoal, and that runny egg yolk. All the more poignant because it's a view of this very world.

Tree @ Overlook
by glad2badad

Comment:
(Haven't rated entries in this challenge because I'm unsure what I should be looking for. However, I'd like to express appreciation for the images that, in and of themselves, I enjoy.)
Absolutely enchanting scene. The watercolor softness and subtlety impart a timelessness so sweet within which to linger. The hints of color in the mountains and skies scintillate. Exquisitely inky.

Prometheus and the Making of Man
by gyaban

Comment:
It's a very fine image, though I now know from your commentary that I hadn't understood what your intention was. From your explanation I can appreciation your ideas and implementation. It's wonderful to see your empathy for, and intuition about, animals and their complex, rich lives. And about their subtle feelings and emotions. It's interesting that we can broaden our "humanity" by according all creatures what is all too often claimed for ourselves alone. Thank you.

Ephemeral delight
by mariuca

Comment:
Perhaps this lovely photograph speaks to me because I'm so familiar with this path alongside the reservoir in Central Park, NYC, and have many times visited it. Maybe not, as it's beautiful without any personal connection. My wife, Shelley, and I have so very much enjoyed our strolls here, in springtime and otherwise. I treasure these memories you have evoked for me, in these days without. The cherry tree blossoms fill the world.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

(this is a rewrite of the comment I stupidly blew up when I tried to change my 8 to a 10 in the last minute of the evening)

Like a fish out of water
by mlu

Comment:
Wow, tenth! I was sure this would be blue. I guess people opted for realism over fun, happy artistry. You sure made me smile. Thanks.
Personal favorite of the challenge.