Slug Bugs and Beetles In Their Natural Environment
by PetRock

Comment:
Fair enough!

Bagels and Beans, St.Hertogenbosch, Brabant.
by ThingFish

Comment:
Nicely seen, nicely made. I like how this is flat and deep at the same time.

Unclear how I became a dog...
by skewsme

Comment:
Excellent! Story indeed.

Flying Dragonfly
by bewit

Comment:
I've tried to get this shot before. Always failed. Fantastically well done.

Wedded to stone Saint Florian sank.
by rooum

Comment:
Never found the time to check out the entries in this challenge. This is wonderful.

A sweetie or a roasting at lunchtime?
by Joools

Comment:


Awarded for the June 2011 Free Study

The Family Rush
by AllenP

Comment:
Wow, this is impressive stuff.

Fratercula arctica - Arctic Puffin
by SaraR

Comment:
Superb. Well deserved blue.

Arizona Meteor Crater
by tanguera

Comment:
I consider it nothing short of a scandal that this is your first ribbon (DQ aside); I've been looking at your Flickr portfolio recently and found such stunning work that I was going to drop you a line anyway. How wonderful that I can do so by congratulating you on this ribbon. The first of many I'm sure.

lovers
by jmritz

Comment:
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: I really like how this image teases the viewer - it is on the brink of clarity, on the threshold of illumination with a story that only just forms in our mind.

Critical stuff: I do like the grain but the cross-hatch artefacting is distracting.

Overall: Imaginative and interesting.