HERE Bus, Bus, Bus, Bus...........
by Bethan

Comment:
Based on both experience and research, this situation is perhaps the only remaning legitimate reason for smoking : )

Dreamers can find their way by moonlight
by OlafBathke

Comment:
I've used that same quotation, but for a very different photo : )

Very nice near-alien landscape.

The Final Piece of ...
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by shareinnc: The idea is a good one, but the puzzle is so busy it took me a full minute to figure out where the last piece was going to go.

Actually, the missing piece was really the original subject; that small hole in the big picture. Maybe I should have left the piece out altogether.

As mentioned in the notes, I has strong lighting from a window. In an Advanced Editing challenge I would fix the tone with a gradient mask (similar to having used a graduated ND filter on the camera), but with Basic Rules I couldn't do that.

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions!

Zuni Butterfly
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by snackwells: I like the lighting here but it has a pinkish cast to it which may actually reflect the true color of this piece, but appears somewhat odd. I think this works very well for an advertisement. 7

Thanks for this and all the other comments. This is probably another case of my red-green color-blindness showing up ... I just don't notice things like a "pinkish cast" in many cases.

I must have an extra space character in the lower type, because it was a centered block according to Photoshop; I guess it could have been a little smaller, but I hate ads which make you get out a magnifying glass to read the phone number or whatever.

MAMBA
by aznym

Comment:
Type is a little too subtle on my monitor -- I'd have made it a bit brighter.

midas jewellers
by naomik

Comment:
That's pretty gold gold alright; nice detail.

Irrisistable.
by tasha4paws

Comment:
Something "bothers" me about the crop/composition; maybe crop more off the top?

Treasures of the Sulu Sea
by flip89

Comment:
The shell makes for a very interesting presentation; very nice "pearly" color on the pearls.

A little something extra
by buzzmom

Comment:
I like the veining in the wings, texture in the petals on the right. Lighting looks a little harsher than necessary for my taste.

History In The Making
by RedOak

Comment:
I like the look of the rocks as background.