An Evening by the Pool
by Artan

Comment:
Congrats on your first ribbon... may there be many more to come.

Serenity Under Chaos
by grandmarginal

Comment:
Congrats on your first ribbon with a very fine image!

Serenaded in my Dreams
by BAMartin

Comment:
Barbara... congrats on getting a 6. That is the measure of success for me. Nice sepia. I scored it 7.

Inspired by the shape of the number 5
by nico_blue

Comment:
Incredibly creative and exceptionally well done. My only wish would be that the black cloth were made solid black for this image.

Five
by KiwiChris

Comment:
Well executed image. B&W works very well and the tones are excellent. One of the best images of this challenge.

Cinco de Mayo, 2005 — 5 green, 5 Red, 5 Sprigs
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Very nicely done still life. Using three sets of 5 is an inspired concept. This should be a top finisher.

Alan's Past Comes Back To Haunt Him
by Mr_Pants

Comment:
Taken like a true ex-smoker! Great concept. Very funny. Ther is just a little haloing along some primary edges and jaggies most visible where it says "Smoking".

A Room with a View
by Tuckersmom

Comment:
A wonderful image. Makes the viewer wish they were there.

Great... Now I gotta pee!
by SJCarter

Comment:
First impression is that this is more out of focus than soft focused which I'm sure is not your intention. Maybe you were trying something different from the standard longer exposed image with the banks in focus but the strong water flow pattern. However, this one might have bee better if you'd used the standard technique but then duplicated the layer and applied a strong gaussian blur to the duplicated layer, and then reduced the opacity of the blurred layer until it had an overall dreamlike appearance.

Enchanted Forest
by om10

Comment:
Like the concept that you were after... it is a good idea. I'd have cropped just the center of the image where it is most 'enchanted' and tried for a very soft, dreamlike focus. There are good examples of what you want that are previous ribbon winners. It would benefit you to locate some of those previous winners and contact the photographers to see how they achieved their success. In fact, I'd like to learn how to do those well myself. :)