Crystal Drop
by -Bec-

Comment:
Terrific idea. I think it needs some colour contrast somewhere, or maybe another boldly structured element in the composition. Right now it's too close to 'just another' piece of jewellery on velvet. One to work on?

Haiku
by charmayne

Comment:
In many ways this is quite magnificent. I'm afraid that circle just above the flower/seeds looks too much like a thing. As such it distracts from the zen mindset (?) that's implied in the title.

The eighth door
by favalon79

Comment:
More DOF than bokeh?

Fun With Lights and Glass
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
It actually is fun... Difficult to fit to the challenge, because it looks blurred even where it isn't. I'll give it 8 though, for a fascinating image.

Innocence
by msieglerfr

Comment:
any other title might have worked

Praying Hands
by asmithphotos

Comment:
Cluttered foreground against a background that does little or nothing to improve the whole (and that was the point of the challenge). There is, as I'm sure you know, a work of art that depicts two hands in prayer and which is reproduced in 2 and 3 dimensions all over the place. It's a million times simpler and a million times more effective.

Itsy Bitsy Spider
by helloiloveyouu

Comment:
If only it stood out just a *bit* more from the background. Potentially good but no more than ok as is...

You never know the surprises you can find early in the morning
by Revecca

Comment:
I got the blur and the not blur, but not the enhancement that one brings to the other.

King of Oz
by ShutterPug

Comment:
OK the background's blurred - after that you lost me

Moon Beneath My Leaves
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
I just love this - 10