Leaf in water
by hajeka

Comment:
Free falling water, either requiring a fast shutter speed for freeze frame or a very long one for "ghost" effects. This is somewhere towards the freeze frame but could be sharper. Duotone hue is quite dominant, I'm tending to favour the more subtle ones

Lower Ogden Res & Pendle Hill
by TacTZilla

Comment:
Very crisp and good tonal range. Burning out areas of the sky (car tv show style) to be darker than even the top of the hills would have made this very dramatic

VROOOOM
by grigrigirl

Comment:
Seems quite "gritty" which I quite like. The boys face is an area of interest which unfortunately has lost a lot of detail as it is clipped at the top end. Good timing though in getting this shot, the still life people have the luxury of being able to easily repeat the image for the perfect capture but hopefully voters will understand this is not the case here and should award higher than normal marks accordingly

TX State Capitol Building
by WalesP

Comment:
The blue duotone hue is quite dominant. Better tonal seperation between the sky (i.e. blow the sky out to near white) would have made the image less blue overall and more clearly define the structure.

topless stripper
by sunraygp

Comment:
Great title.... Quite a simple image though in terms of difficulty so I worry this might limit the number of top marks people can give

Tranquility.
by docpjv

Comment:
Interesting border. Seems to me though like it could have done with a slight ccw rotation to square up the very dominant horizontal lines. Nice effect on the sky coming in through the trees

Remembering the time when.....
by David Newland

Comment:
The background is very bright and although it is nicely blurred, seems quite busy and steals the eyes attention away from the main subject. Nice and sharp though

J o k e r
by Juliadavis

Comment:
This seems very familar. Have I seen something like this before in another challenge.... maybe not. Nice focus on the eyes, nice cold duotone hue

Briar-14Day's
by BrianR

Comment:
Perhaps the duotone hue is a little on the strong side. A darker border to match the could of the childs hair may have improved overall tonal balance. Nicely composed though

Swirly Lighty Bulby
by rteodosio

Comment:
Nice and simple and composed dead in the centre which is not often advised (rule of thirds) but it works here. Its just a shame its not a lot sharper and with a lot more contrast; the brightest point in the image could be stretched out quite a bit using curves or levels in PS to make it more dramatic and cover the hole duotone range