inside looking out
by rachelellen

Comment:
This is such an emotive shot! I like the composition, and the DOF you used here to get the eyes clear and sharp, though, blur the background and foreground. This technique stucks him (her?) more between the limits of shallow DOF. If I were a member, I would give this one a 7 or 8.

IMO the problem is that among so many entries the voters set up a sequence and they vote lower due to the huge amount of great photos than usual. Cheer up, this one is a great shot!

Feeling empty - feeling BLUE
by vadvirag

Comment:
Thank you all for all your great comments and words, I appreciate it very much!

Agenkin, I thought a lot about yours and I have to agree both on the shadow, which I did not realize during the set up and the flip as well. Most people use their right hands, I missed a point here with the composition.

I also would like to improve sharpness and quality, however noone mentioned it yet, I feel these two points might have been the weakness.

Lemon Drop
by Rikki

Comment:
Way to go Rikki, this one was among my favourites! Are you going for the 50 ribbons instead of 5 this year? ;-) I am very curious how you did the fractal-like lemon drops, if you could write a short description, I would be very thankful. Pretty please.

Moments
by srugolo

Comment:
I really hoped this one will finish among the top entries. Congrats on a very well deserved ribbon. Really a moddly shot!

I love you !
by Anastasia

Comment:
Great to see you challenging, Nasti! Only 5.7 average for such a great portrait? It was among my favourites in this challenge, and a lot of entries finished better that I did not like so much than yours.

Amor est vitae essentia
by kiwiness

Comment:
Very well deserved ribbon, Gary! This was my favourite in this challange (first I mistyped it, I wrote win, because I wanted it so much :-)), and I am happy that it brought you a ribbon, congrats!!

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Hairy Blue Lamp Thingy...
by cubix

Comment:
It's so simple but great. I love the metallic effect on the optical lamp hair, great macro shot! (9)

Drakensberg Escarpment
by whiteroom

Comment:
I love this because it has a mood of an oil painting. The colours of greens and browns and yellows bring it somehow close to me.

Rain
by Ekenborg

Comment:
So simple and beauty. I especially like the white pattern in the drops. DOF is excellent, and the colours are calming.

Lemon Drop
by Rikki

Comment:
Whatever these yellow stuff are, remind me to some kind of fractal. Nice use of complementary colours, and lighting is spot on.