Seaguls
by TSQ

Comment:
Wonderful closeup of these very unpredictable creatures. Beautiful capture of the eyes and texture around the beak of the stationary bird, and of the red of the legs against the white of the body and tail of the bird in flight.

The Great Western Railroad
by MAK

Comment:
Congratulations on getting a ribbon for this lovely shot. Just the colors/colours of the engine and carriages take me back to the train rides of my youth growing up in the West of England. If you had been able to include primroses in flower along the rail embankment, now that would have made the memory complete!

Message edited by author 2009-04-27 21:11:40.

Old Boots
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Very nice image, interesting textures and shapes, and evocative

thaw
by kolasi

Comment:
I found this confusing as the title implies that the subject is the ground, but the bright and sharply focused buildings are what capture my attention.

pillowy
by krnodil

Comment:
I found this too abstract for this challenge.

Nature's Stigma
by zohar-halfon

Comment:
Nice contrast of ruffled stigma against smooth petals, but I think the image would be improved if the stigma were in focus

Whooooooosh
by jeger

Comment:
Lovely composition ~ use of perspective, the single strong color, and the two lights well placed in terms of the rule of thirds. Great image.

Speak No Evil
by kingskingdom

Comment:
This gets a high score for its powerful impact, even though I recoil each time I view it.

covert (covered?) dialog
by LevT

Comment:
Interesting idea, although I find the person in the seats above the two players and his white shirt and sock rather distracting. Cropping much closer to the players in general might have been effective.

"A Little Swifter"
by jimness

Comment:
Yup, music is one of the great universal languages, that's for sure. Nice composition. I particularly like the reflections of the musical score on the instrument, and the off white you achieved for the paper, or perhaps it was that color anyway. An aside (and this did not influence my scoring in any way..) I suspect the score used in this image was not one for this woodwind instrument... it looks more like something written for the piano!