Tree at Sunset
by CWFitz

Comment:
I'm having problems with much of this. Sorry -- this will be rather blunt. The blues seem a bit unnaturally saturated. There's halos around the tree trunks from the sharpening and the left side seems cluttered.

That being said, I find the right 2/3s quite interesting. I love the lines and curves.

Morning Mission
by Cuttooth

Comment:
I'm looking without my glasses, so feel free to ignore this comment if you don't agree. It seems like that water is oversharpened. It has that extremely high contrast and jagged edges that come with sharpening. I think sharpening the top, but leaving the bottom a bit less sharpened would have been aesthetically much more pleasing. It's a lovely sky and a wonderful scene, but it's a bit jarring and doesn't seem to fit. 6 as is. Could have gone to an 8 with a different treatment

Yiyi's Master Recital
by markwiley

Comment:
Ha! I knew this would do well. Awesome shot!

more than meets the eye
by PennyStreet

Comment:
I'm in love with the shot, but having a hard time having it fit the challenge. Skipping the vote and coming back to it for another look, because I don't have the heart to give it anything less than a 7 or higher.

Humbled, Rejected ... the anguish of his loneliness
by hahn23

Comment:
Such an incredibly beautiful shot, but it just doesn't say battle of the sexes to me. Perhaps it's my lack of knowledge, but usually the males stay separated from the females for most of the year. So to me, it just seems like a normal shot that you'd find vs one that tells the story. Or the story is human emotions put onto an animal that doesn't fit the story, in my mind... sorry

it starts early
by flaherma

Comment:
Nice shot. Great colors. A bit too much glow

Stand Closer.
by QuickClickMick

Comment:
Awesome!

she earns what she can - he drinks it away
by Abra

Comment:
Another one that says so much with the title and the photo combined. At first I figured you were talking about the man next to her, and I was thinking that it was a rather self righteous title (whether true or not, I didn't know) But then I saw the guy walking by and drinking. Now it may not be a large starbucks that he's drinking. It's a pretty small cup. But it started me thinking just how much we spend on frivolous drinks. I love the multiple levels of thought that this brought me through. -8-

I got it...
by Neat

Comment:
Another one where I don't know if it's really a battle. But a great find, I good capture in a difficult space. And great processing. -8-

"I yam what I yam..."
by tvsometime

Comment:
I don't know if it's a battle, but it's a tremendous find. I love her look. I love his look that looks rather smug and superior. I love that you cut off his foot. Because I would have probably tried to put it in, because so many times we're told that cutting something off is distracting. But the dynamics and the proportions would have been all wrong if you had. And this shows how perfectly it can work. 7 for a great find. + another 1 for teaching me something.

Oh heck. It's better than that. -9-