Exotic Jelly Dancer
by Gracious

Comment:
Beautiful abstract image. Degree of difficulty is very high due to lighting and motion. Among my top 3 picks. If the focus were a bit sharper on the jelly fish itself, it would go to my top pick.

Toadstools
by sailracer_98

Comment:
Very nice capture. The colors are a bit too vibrant for my taste but they work well with the subject. There's something odd going on with DOF. Focus on the mushrooms themselves is a bit soft. Sounds like I don't like the photo, but that's not true. It's one of my top 3 picks this challenge. It's a beautiful photo in spite of these pretty minor distractions.

Yucca Spiral
by wetland

Comment:
Cool. I grew up in a part of the country where Yuccas grow wild. As a boy, we would wade through fields of them while hunting or out hiking. We hated them because they were stickery and because they sometimes hid rattlesnakes. You photo is enough to give the lowly Yucca a good name! Great capture. Among my top picks.

Now if I could only find the Smurfs...
by panoramix

Comment:
Nicely composed. Great range of color. Like the DOF. Walking through the woods, it's a joy to find something like this and your photo put me right in the woods. Makes me feel good enough to smile! My top pick. Hope it ribbons!

Louisiana Nessie
by sher

Comment:
I'm not asking that you agree with me, but IMO this doesn't meet the challenge.

Amazing Sea Monkeys
by taterbug

Comment:
I'm not asking that you agree with me, but IMO this doesn't meet the challenge.

Aliens?
by Wildpurple

Comment:
I'm not asking that you agree with me, but IMO this doesn't meet the challenge.

He Nose!
by mickwest

Comment:
I'm not asking that you agree with me, but IMO this doesn't meet the challenge.

A Pearl of Great Price
by theSaj

Comment:
Great idea. Too dark and softly focused to hold my interest.

Festival Artistry
by L1

Comment:
It doesn't look like your model is resonating with the face painting! Great capture of that emotion. This is a perfect example of the expression, "If looks could kill ..." Maybe I'm misinterpreting. I have a friend who would say from time to time, "I sometimes have to remind my face I'm having a good time." Maybe that's all that's going on here. Still, nice emotive capture.