Japanese Garden
by clickodak

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An appealing image that contributes to the challenge well

A pleasing composition Marcel. The foreground branch leads you nicely into the rest of the frame, the bridge is pleasingly in a complementary position. Good saturation of colours from correct exposure, smoothing of the water from a long exposure with good DOF throughout, technically, all good.

Cypress Reflected
by Phocal

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An appealing image that contributes to the challenge well

Wot, no wildlifeâ€Â¦! Lovely reflections of a lovely scene Ronnie. From my own viewpoint I would have saturated the colours more with a reduced exposure and I would have cropped at the junction of the trunks and foliage to really emphasise the reflections and see more of the reflected grandeur of the trees in that lovely rippled water

The secret life of Tony James Bond
by snaffles

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An appealing image that contributes to the challenge well

A lovely natural portrait Susan. I like the composition and pose looking over his shoulder, the DOF is perfect too, nicely isolated with just the right amount of detail, though I would have been tempted to remove that sprig of foliage on the bottom left. I certainly feel it deserved a higher score, 007 would have been proud of it.

Now I understand the guinea pig commentâ€Â¦!

f e a t h e r e d
by Ja-9

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An appealing image that contributes to the challenge well

Oh Janine, all I saw initially was the feathered texture alone, I absolutely loved it, stunning. Then I scrolled down to see the image proper and that too worked really well, but together? I'm sorry but I adore one or the other but not both together but well done for coming up with the creative idea in the first place.

Saguaro Sundown
by TommyMoe21

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An appealing image that contributes to the challenge well

What a lovely contrasting landscape you have in the background, against that sky it works really well. I'm not so happy about the foreground, it feels as though it would benefit from more exposure. However, I am imagining this scene without any of the cacti, for me that simpler image would work stunningly. Having said that, there are still a couple of problems, there is evidence of banding in the sky and the hills and cacti have sharpening halos.

Flame
by Pangurban

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An interesting image that fulfils the challenge brief fully

Well you had some of your commenters foxed Ellie, so you have achieved the challenge brief. Your composition with the hook in the prominent position it is for me reveals it as the subject matter. “What else could I have done to sharpen this on a dull day?” Well, you are close to maximum aperture, a smaller aperture would have given you a deeper DOF thus making more of your subject sharper, to compensate for the slower shutter speed you would have needed to increase the ISO and also reflecting some natural light back into the subject could have helped too.

Eagle Fishing In 1 Second
by TommyMoe21

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A great sequence that fulfils the challenge brief fully

What a remarkable sequence of images Tom, well done for these great images and also for your well deserved blue ribbon. The timing of grabbing the fish and it still submerged to the subsequent shots has captured the essence of the action really well at the crucial point. All shots are nicely focused with the action frozen with just a hint of blurring in the wingtips which is perfect I don't like to see everything frozen like a cutout. Congratulations Tom.

Stairs Deform
by clickodak

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An appealing image that contributes to the open challenge well

As I scroll down to reveal the image I'm looking at I try to guess whose image it is, I correctly guessed it was your Marcel. An interesting viewpoint that reveals a perspective that would probably not normally be noticed, well done for your 'seeing'. It would have been good to have biting sharpness right into the corners, especially the bottom left which may have been possible with a different focal point or smaller aperture or a combination of both

The Drink
by Phocal

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An appealing image that contributes to the open challenge well

Well done Ronnie, the HM reflects (excuse the pun) the quality of your lovely image. I love the subtle pastel shades in the background and reflections on the water, beautiful. You have these lovely shots well and truly nailed Ronnie, there's not a lot more I can add...

In The Key of Julia
by eckoe

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An appealing image that contributes to the open challenge well

Oh Robert, you was robbed! Score aside, I'm disappointed for you that you didn't get any comments. I like the model's pose and the way we get to see most of her face projection free. I also like the projection idea, though the execution does let it down a little. I would definitely have cropped the right of the image quite close to her elbow to get rid of the inconsistent lighting. I like the silhouette of her shadow on the left, if the brightest part of the light had coincided with her breast it would have emphasised her shape even more to give it added impact. It's a shame her tattoo and accoutrements clashes with the projection, without it the effect would be much better. Towards that end I think a square crop just at the level of her right arm would be more effective.