end of summer
by Gordon

Comment:
lovely impressionistic scene

Wind
by mpeters

Comment:
it is a pretty photo, but I don't really get a sense of the wind, rather of a quiet and peaceful sunset...

Survivor
by MAK

Comment:
great work. Love the light, and focus, and BW. Not quite sure about the right hand being cut, but that is a small nitpick. Overall, a very good image.

Natural Bling
by colorcarnival

Comment:
beautiful macro

Overture
by Neil

Comment:
so dramatic! I expect to see this image in the top ten if not higher, you must have a humongous score with this :). Good luck.

Circuit City
by scarbrd

Comment:
great idea, well done.

Zen
by KarenNfld

Comment:
nice scene, don't particularly like the saturated color though. for true zen, i should have been black and white :)

Feather Fight
by karenk

Comment:
nice capture

Art de Corp
by naomik

Comment:
The composition, light and focus are very good. I don't think keeping the color of the tattoo and making the rest sepia was a particularly good idea, I think it should have all been sepia. Also I find the turn of the head somewhat uncomfortable, she is obviously straining to look into the camera, and it goes against the soft and relaxed feel of the overall scene. I would prefer if she looked more forward, so we would only see maybe 1/4 of her face

Here; take my icecream,,,
by Miep

Comment:
I am torn about this image. It is a great scene, however maybe because it is so great it feels like a setup, and if it is so, then I would not like it so much anymore... All people in the scene are acting very naturally though, so I very well may be totally wrong about the setup, it just feels that way... The technicals also are very good, composition, angle, DOF, duotone conversion, etc. But again, the angle makes me suspect that the scene was carefully constructed - you must have expected the action to happen in precisely the way it happened. And the obvious selective focus on the girl again makes me somewhat uncomfortable, it shows that the rest of the scene was additionally blurred in the post-processing, and that adds to the artificial feel of this scene. I would so much prefer it to be presented in a documentary B/W style without any processing tricks.

I hope you don't mind my blabbering. In spite of all I said a very interesting image, definitely worthy the Masters challenge.