Ruby
by Neat

Comment:
Quote" Hopefully people skipped over the part in the challenge description that mentions: "Let's keep it classic, let's keep it simple..." I think I've missed that mark. Oh well, this was the strongest portrait I had."Unquote
I did read that and even posted a thread about it in the current challenge topic but it was removed with a message to me that it might not be a good idea to post that while the challenge was in the voting stage. My own entry was entirely based on that full challenge description but was voted down by most voters as they obviously didn't read or recognise that it adhered to the full challenge description. Neat's entry certainly did and she deserves the Red and imo should have taken the Blue. I am glad for you that you won the Blue as it is a beautiful entry in it's own right but like you yourself said it does not adhere fully to the challenge description.

Nessa in the Sun
by markwiley

Comment:
Quote" Hopefully people skipped over the part in the challenge description that mentions: "Let's keep it classic, let's keep it simple..." I think I've missed that mark. Oh well, this was the strongest portrait I had."Unquote
I did read that and even posted a thread about it in the current challenge topic but it was removed with a message to me that it might not be a good idea to post that while the challenge was in the voting stage. My own entry was entirely based on that full challenge description but was voted down by most voters as they obviously didn't read or recognise that it adhered to the full challenge description. Neat's entry certainly did and she deserves the Red and imo should have taken the Blue. I am glad for you that you won the Blue as it is a beautiful entry in it's own right but like you yourself said it does not adhere fully to the challenge description.

Message edited by author 2024-09-06 03:33:57.

The Belly of the Bug
by MaryO

Comment:
Nice soft pastel tones and lovely smooth bokeh

Multilevel intersection
by LevT

Comment:
Really quite an amazing shot that makes the structure look like a gargantuan concrete monster rearing up on it's hind legs. Really fulfills the challenge description completely.

Beneath the Blooms
by jomari

Comment:
It's a lovely shot with an interesting angle and perspective with nice lighting (like the way it lights up the petals almost as if illuminated from within)....still a bit undecided whether you should maybe not have applied the "liquid" filter......

Spirograph?
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Wow! made me go all googly and goggle eyed...can't look at this too long as it makes my brain spin like a 3D kaleidoscopic top :) Nice and unusual though.

almost hidden beneath the flowers
by roz

Comment:
Beautifully detailed macro with lovely soft colours and nice smooth bokeh. Just a thought...I would have been tempted to clone out the flower in the bottom left corner and the piece of another flower just above it. That would leave a perfect bow of flowers at the top of the frame with the bee suspended upside down from it. But maybe not as the two flowers I mentioned do seem to sort of anchor the image as a whole.

Open Wide!
by GolferDDS

Comment:
I don't think I ever saw a horse from this angle before with such an inside view of its upper front teeth and palate :) Original and unusual take on the challenge theme. Very nicely done

brick bridge
by tvsometime

Comment:
That ancient brickwork has a slithery, slimy kind of scaly look to it making it almost serpentine or snakelike in a way. Like the angle too...nice take on the challenge theme.

Oh, so that's what it looks like under there!
by mlu

Comment:
Very nice soft/dreamy water color pastel like editing. I like that the gull and it's reflection are at top and bottom and in the middle of the frame as that gives it a natural balance. I hope you will reveal when the voting is over what editing technique and/or filters you used to get this effect.