California Torch
by photom

Comment:
Beautifully lit and composed, but lacking in sharpness. Nice angle of view, though.

Bugs View
by rwingard

Comment:
I like the shot - a lot - but find the frame distracting, especially since it's so much larger on the bottom. 6

Checkmate
by zwhitley

Comment:
Very clever composition. This could be used for a textbook example of how to position objects within the frame. It's composed in a nice dynamic line, and the eye is actually led from front to back, as if looking into a 3-D scene. (The little triangle up in the right corner is a distraction, but other than that, it's perfect.) Great colors, contrasts and human interest.

Ollie in Wonderland
by riley

Comment:
Fantastic! I had this exact same idea for the "inside looking out" (or something like that) challenge a while back, but never got it done. Very fun shot!

Of Equal Proportion
by Shakey

Comment:
Very artistic, beautiful shot. Looks like it should be hanging in an art gallery. Perfect camera positioning, great eye-catching, saturated colors. 9

small b
by beckettboots

Comment:
Nice compositon with the dynamic lines leading up to the subject. Nice saturated colors, too.

one half
by severin

Comment:
Beautiful! Normally I don't care for unusually cropped photographs, because they give me the feeling that the photographer just didn't bother to frame it right and had to get rid of distracting elements. However, this is really wonderful, and a perfect example of when to use a non-standard size frame. 10

Chess Proportions
by s4nd3r99

Comment:
I think this would be better if your lens was centered behind the middle subjects, giving leading lines that pointed towards the king (like you see on the left row of pawns). I'm not too sure about the coloring, either. The white line under the pieces is a little distracting, and I think the background could be "punched up" a little with a more saturated blue - perhaps a bit more exposure or a levels adjustment in Photoshop.

Adam and Eve's Closet
by autool

Comment:
Clever. Lovely shot! 8

God's Country
by JimQ

Comment:
Lovely landscape. It would be better at a different time of day without the shadow, and perhaps a polarizing filter to make that sky and cloud really leap off the page and cut down on the haze..