Lord of the Flies
by Emerkaza

Comment:
Without the title, i could have guessed this as Lord of the Flies, which means you have met the challenge exceptionally well. I also love how you set out to create this, while so many others have used it as a free study and shoehorned in.............Composition is really good, I think the cropping of the head adds to the photo. Depth of field works really well also............By far one of the best in the challenge..Good Luck

Ghost Ship
by scottieham

Comment:
Greatbeffect on this......for me this photo really works for the challenge, and is quite topical also...........Nice balance acheived to give the ghost look while preserving enough details......the border also seems to balance it as well.......

On the mountain
by Brin

Comment:
Juliet asked someone to have a look at this, so I will go through it FWIW - I hope a few others do as well.

I think maybe the crop is a little awkward, and that is what is throwing the sshot out a little. The ccrop given is very square, whereas I think maybe it needed a more landscape crop to it. The two peaks on the right are a little too far to the right, adn there looks litle something is happening on the far left as well. A wider crop would still preserve the great sky here too.

The exposure is great. The range of shades through the sky is a highlight of the shot. from the brights through to the darks, with the black in the foreground of the shot. The green contrasts so well agaist the rest of the naturally almost black and white image. Maybe it is even that the green is a little too far to the right that throws it off a little...........

I love wide visas, and panoramic crops (which are often not liked on this site) so maybe my views won't reflect the widere group, but a more landscape crop would have worked better for me............

Iceberg Melting on a Smooth Wave
by JohannesFrank

Comment:
The iceberg seems to be just slightly off centre.......Cropping a little off the left to bring it onto the third line would have been a stronger composition..........A slightly closer crop also I think would have helped, so we could see some more of the detail in the ice...........

Elemental
by colorcarnival

Comment:
With such a simple composition, I think the entire rock needed to be in focus. Also, the light needed to be more even, rather than having a large area in shaddow......

Tectonics: Mountains & Waves
by tSkye

Comment:
I really like the composition of the photo here, however the colours don't really seem to work. The overall image also appears to be a little soft

Reef with Tafoni Sandstone Outcropping
by sfalice

Comment:
I think a greater depth of field would have worked better here. Keeping the point in focus would have added to the photo, rather than the slightly OOF area it currently is.

Andean Geology
by elsapo

Comment:
A shame that the clouds means the mountains do not contrast well against the sky, as that would have then made this scene really work well. I like the different colours through the green land, maybe this colour could have been pushed a little further to make it more of a feature fo the photo.

Vesicular Basalt
by Quadrajet

Comment:
An interesting subject. The crop on the sides though is a little tight, as is the crop above. A little mmore space would hve balanced the photo

In the Time Before Man
by Elaine

Comment:
the mist effect through this photo works well..........not exactly what i had in mind for this challenge. teh lighting here is really good, as you have kept the detail well in the dark areas.