Oil & Water Just Don't Mix
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
Really nice abstraction. I'm not convinced the "layering" of it was the best way to go, but it's very nice nonetheless. Strong entry.

Oil and Water
by Jacko

Comment:
Spectacularly nice, but... The pure white foreground really bugs me, and the shadows along the 'ege are awkward too. That's all that's keeping it from a 10. Head and shoulders above most of the oil/water interpretations.

Adrift
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Frankly, I'm tempted to give this a 1 because I'm getting tired of your beach showing up in every damned challenge, zoomer :-) But the image is just too lovely to do that to, so I'll go the other way and give it a 10. At least you're moving up a notch on the metaphor meter. You get high points from me for thinking laterally with this, I love it.

The priest
by heida

Comment:
This is terrific! Well done!

I went to Heida's DPC page to check out all her ribbons, and noted soemthing odd; her highest-rated image did NOT take a ribbon...

Strange...

Robt.

Steel Ghost
by Mick

Comment:
Nice work, perhaps a little TOO foggy, but what can ya do?

A Bridge to the Top (Parliament House)
by MattB

Comment:
Fascinating to compare this to the night shot from the same angle. Nicely composed, a little flat in tonalities.

Secret window
by Gordon

Comment:
That's an astonishing shadow! Very nice shot.

Arches at Sunrise
by rich

Comment:
Va VOOM. I don't knjow how well this will do, but the schizophrenia of the 2 sides is stunning. Very strong entry.

Dawn
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Beautiful and moody, the forest of pilings is eerie. A bit toomuch NeatImage for my taste on this one, or whatever smoother was used. But a strong entry.

Midnight Mist
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
In many ways this is fabulous, but the distortion of the shape on the right bothers me. I'd like to see this cropped so there's much less on the right and much more on the left, I think this owuld be stronger and more directional.