River Song
by 4trtone

Comment:
Apologies - no time for a 'Longer Look' comment before challenge end. I'll come back after.

Back to update this comment. Apologies, I'd forgotten I'd be in an Internet black hole before rollover.

I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This has a sense of menace that intrigues me - there's nothing explicitly menacing here but the sense of foreboding you have created is palpable. Perhaps Deb's notion of 'harmonics' is on the money, but for me we are shaken, each jolt being positively reinforced by the next - 8.2 on the Richter scale!

The structures of of somewhat secondary interest but the light is something else all together - like a junction between night and day. The overall effect is one of day being broken.

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: A powerful image - communicates with more senses that it should.

Message edited by author 2011-10-17 08:25:13.

Brave
by herfotoman

Comment:
Apologies - no time for a 'Longer Look' comment before challenge end. I'll come back after.

Back to update this comment. Apologies, I'd forgotten I'd be in an Internet black hole before rollover.

I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: This is almost primordial in its construction - like the start of everything - first light, first eyes. It's proportions are perfect too. Those curling flares create a sense of power - very interesting.

Critical stuff: I find the target banding to be a bit unfortunate.

Overall: Pure, distilled, nothing extraneous. I like that.

Message edited by author 2011-10-17 08:30:16.

The Sands Of Time
by scarbrd

Comment:
Fabulous capture.

slide
by rooum

Comment:
Out the box brilliant. A 10 (voted earlier) and a fave; I'd already proclaimed my blue to another. They may have to share.

The Cat Lady
by crik

Comment:
Blue for me, amongst a challenge full of standout images.

Brilliant.

The Protector
by njsabs

Comment:
This attracted my highest score - her hair is amazing; the drying time is probably best measured in days!

Beautifully conceived and constructed.

Looking back
by LalliSig

Comment:
Superbly executed. Should've been much higher in my view. DPC's long exposure landscape fetish wins out again.

As I awake
by bwo

Comment:
This is much nicer than a 73rd place should be.

Morning Harvest
by timfythetoo

Comment:
This works very well indeed. An 'Aha' moment and a nicely constructed picture.

Find the person in this image
by whiterook

Comment:
I see no Waldo but I do see 25 dust spots. It is legal to clone those out in Basic editing.

I do like the light and the balance of composition in this scene though.