kaleidoscope.op.jpg
by digim

Comment:
This (and the tree one too) is like a quilt. I can see it made up in velvets and shimmers. It has so mauch tactile feel, it's had to remember it's a photograph.

Pure Joy
by Retroesque

Comment:
pure MoJo!

by nixter

Comment:
Here comes that hurricane again.

by nixter

Comment:
It almost looks like the ferris wheel is a giant wind turbine about the create a hurricane.

Untitled
by BarbB

Comment:
Oh, that trail of droplets is exquisite.

Day 1.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
You mean we can use several overlays? Overlays on overlays on overlays? Oh, my head is spinning.

cats on film
by cgino

Comment:
Holey Moley - Overlay Soup.

fluid
by Retroesque

Comment:
I think I'm the child in the lead, I'm slightly older than the other. It's a real me/ dream me/ way in the past me. My ocean is the Atlantic, my beach is Nauset. But I'll bet that those children are everyone of us, each with our own ocean and beach. Such universal appeal to this image, speaks to everyones lost heart.

Evening Daisy
by Be-real

Comment:
checking this picture on my home (calibrated) monitor - It's dark but not as dark here and the colors are much brighter. Lighten it up. I wonder why you chose to cut off the petals in three sides. Since you decided to cut, maybe a closer crop would be even more dramatic.

Evening Daisy
by Be-real

Comment:
So, I guess your own statement, no editing done, explains the score. While the colors are lovely and the composition isn't bad, the overall image on my monitor is quite dark. It's always risky to enter a dark photo, even if you intended it to be dark. You will lose points due to "poor voter monitor calibration syndrome". Take a look at this on some other monitors (PC and Mac) and see what you think. Personally I would have lightened it up, the center of the flower is completely black with only red dots to show the structure. Look at your bell curve - Not many people "loved" it, most people thought it was "ok" and a few people "hated" it. This is a contest for mass appeal, to score well you please the masses. After a while you will give up trying to please everyone and say to yourself "hell, I like it a lot, who cares about the score". Do you like this a lot?