The Happy Fairy
by Rooster

Comment:
I love the selective desaturation in this image, and the overexposure works perfectly in creating the surreal aura. Well done!

Excalibur
by joebok

Comment:
Interesting star effects from the steel, but the image has an overall lack of sharpness that bothers me. I think a touch less blade showing would have focused more attention on the interesting grip and balanced the frame more evenly.

Merlin Lives
by dunces

Comment:
Great effect, although I think the blue would work better for me if it were a bit more understated. Very well done image, and one of the best I've seen thus far in terms of my expectations of the challenge.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Looks like the camera needs some guide lines in the viewer. the tilt of this image is crying out to be corrected in editing software. The image itself is also unsharp.

Periwinkle
by librodo

Comment:
Beautiful framing and expression, great "fantasy" feel with the softening of the details in the frame's right side. Very well done.

The Ugly Duckling
by Brad

Comment:
Nice reflection work. The image feels a bit underexposed overall, yet overexposed severely on the swan's side to the point of loosing detail.

Knight in Shining Armor
by KevinRiggs

Comment:
One common suggestion in composition is to never have objects leading your eye out of the photo. In this case the background flag is a significant subject, yet its partial presence in the frame becomes distracting. Similarly, the red/yellow corner of the tent to the knight's side makes us wonder where the rest of it is rather then focusing on the more intricate details of the knight's armor. I certainly don't suggest blindly following rules in photography, but in this case I believe they would help you to compose a stronger image.

The Angel by Hans Christian Anderson 1844
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Great job on the lighting, and a clean background. I am not crazy about the amount of empty space in this image; The aesthetic balance seems off.

Standing Proud
by Kylie

Comment:
Great choice of perspective in this shot. Emphasizing the roots with the wider angle makes a great dramatic effect. If you could recompose the shot such that the background picnic bench were behind the trunk it would remove a distraction from the shot. It also looks like this shot was hand-held vs. taken from a tripod as there is consistent blurring throughout the image. Also seems to be a slight blue color cast which could be from having the wrong white balance setting, or a confused auto WB sensor. You can usually clean this up in the levels/curves tool of your editor.

Biking in Yosemite
by Kylie

Comment:
Beautiful shot! If I were to make a suggestion it would be to either fully include the road on the left, or recompose the shot entirely such that your left border was the wood fence. Having it half in, half out is somewhat distracting. I love the colors in this - well done!