Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment:
Nicely composed, good color and no hot spots. Beautiful.

Male & Female, Intertwined
by dsa157

Comment:
Great concept for this challenge. Composition good. It would be better if the plug ends were in crisp sharp focus.

Cork Screw
by Jacko

Comment:
Exceptional image. It is a great concept for this challenge for only a tiny fraction of the image to be in focus and the tip of the corkscrew is perfect for this purpose.

Temptation
by stickylizard

Comment:
Well concieved and technically good.
What makes this image good for this challenge is the relationship between the main subject and the dog waiting to eat it up. Like this one, the best images should relate the shallow focused main subject in a unique way with the out-of-focus background (or foreground as te case may be).

Colorado Avalanche
by spectre013

Comment:
Nicely setup, good color and nice use of ROT.

Every Droplet counts in the Distillery
by Harz_Joerg

Comment:
Unique concept and exceptionally well done. Like the water drop technique this uses refraction within a water drop to create a sharp reversed image but this has to be much harder to capture this way. Kudos to you for this wonderful image.

This should be a top finisher in this challenge

The Glass Eye
by flip89

Comment:
Very creative concept for shallow DOF challenge. Exceptional technical quality. This will be a top finisher.

Archer Relic - Sagittarius
by LoudDog

Comment:
This image would have done better if the shaft of the arrow had been positioned to come from one of the corners.

For example, the shaft of the arrow could come from the upper right corner and the arrowhead itself made to be centered on the lower left intersection point of the ROT horizontal and vertical lines.

On Assignment
by rcrawford

Comment:
Gee... I wonder where this was taken and who those beautiful people are? :)

Chairman of the Board
by crabappl3

Comment:
Congratulations! Yours was the only one of my personal top 3 to actually finish there.

Your win is particularly satisfying because spot editing out the cage was instrumental to your victory. This is proof that the new rules work to make an image the "best it can" be without destroying the original photograph's integrity.

Great job.