There are lessons in each moment, be ready!
by FotoMunki

Comment:
Beautiful! Nice lines and composition. This belongs in a book/magazine/advertisement somewhere. ;^) Good luck in the challenge.

Meditation in Red
by ShaneBlake

Comment:
How many times did you repattern the sand to get it just right? ;^) Nice idea, and well executed. Good luck.

Feather Soft
by scarbrd

Comment:
This was the approach I was going to take...couldn't find a good feather. ;^)

I like the reflection of the feather on the water. Looks like you got the timing correct on getting the shot before the ripples hit the area of the feather.

Not sure if it's my monitor here at work or not, but the feather looks a bit soft (no pun intended), especially around the front area of it.

Anyway, good luck in the challenge.

Patience
by Stagolee

Comment:
Wonderful capture! Fits the challenge quite nicely.

Reflections of a Winner
by Nobody

Comment:
This is nice. Kicking myself for not thinking of it! ;) Had thought about using dominos...oh well, next time. He-he. You did a good job of controlling your B/W points and color temp. The only thing I don't like is the inside white border cutting thru the reflection of the right dice.

Where are you, Honey!
by kbhatia1967

Comment:
Is this an OOPS? Posted in the wrong challenge? Cute title. ;^)

The piano
by rapid

Comment:
Big window next to the piano? Getting a heavy blue cast from what looks like natural light. I've taken a few piano shots and had the same problem. What worked was to cover the window (curtain, shade, blanket, etc...) and then set up some other lighting. Optionally, you can set your camera's white balance by metering off the white keys and it would have adjusted for the hue some automatically. A shot of contrast would help clear up the hazy look. Excessive grain can be controlled by shooting at lower ISO speeds (ISO 100) with a tripod and use your camera's timer. Another way grain is introduced is by taking an image and cropping it down too much. Try to get the image framed as close as possible to your end result - eliminate excessive cropping.

Take some rest
by pbhoomi09

Comment:
Looks like a cozy place to sit. ;^) As for the photo, it looks a little snapshotish - stand, take picture. You may want to experiment with various approaches/angles (i.e. ground level shooting up, etc...) As for meeting the challenge - this one is going to take a beating I'm afraid. Yes, the description did say 'Grayscale' was acceptable, but the majority of voters are going to be looking for primarily B/W subjects with little color.

Rosie
by saiphfire

Comment:
Funny how DOF works sometimes. ;^) The rose looks nice and I like the bg used - one minor thing, since this was advanced editing why didn't you apply a little blur to the bottom right corner and zap those lines in the bg out?

Green as Grass
by indridistefans

Comment:
Simple, and creative - plus well done. Good luck.