Feeding the Meter
by vawendy

Comment:
You always manage to come up with a winning image, congrats on the top 10.

Still . . . Playin' The Slots
by Lydia

Comment:
congrats on the top 10!!!

Turn to Clear Vision — 25¢
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Way to go on the H.M.!

Capital Flight
by gyaban

Comment:
Love your creativity, as always its an inspiration. Congrats on the blue!

Pastoral Symphony
by gyaban

Comment:
This was my favorite of the challenge, such vibrant colors!

dreams in pink
by vawendy

Comment:
congrats on a lovely image!!!

Night Time in the Fish Tank
by sjhuls

Comment:

Originally posted by posthumous: Beautiful shot, I hope it gets validated and I hope photos like this never get DQ'd again.

Thanks so much for the compliment!

It actually already was validated, it was called up during the challenge. Yes, it is all very tricky when dealing with something like this, I don't envy site council on decisions like this. I studied the photo above to decide what the difference was. I think it had more to do with the fact that there was some masking to make it look like the tree was in front of the orange. I think I would have been disqualified if I had, for instance, positioned the girl behind some of the greenery and then masked it out so her foot was in front of it. It would have made her appear to actually be in the fish tank instead of just behind it. I realize I didn't fool anyone that she was actually in the tank. I just thought it would be fun to make it look as close as I could.

Thanks everyone for the excellent comments.

Ballad of a Thin Man
by njsabs

Comment:
Very nice! congrats on the ribbon. How in the world did you get those flowers to stand?

I did NOT need this today!
by yakatme

Comment:
This is great! Congrats on the blue.

Bad hair day
by NiallOTuama

Comment:
LOL! loved this one. One of my favorites of the challenge. Congrats on the top 10!