Dawn on the Coutois
by bobcc

Comment:
This is just lovely, I really love the pastel colors in the sky and then reflected into the water.

Three Stacks and a Bridge
by DomD

Comment:
Nice tones I especially like the candycane stiped stacks.

River Crossing
by UrfaK

Comment:
This is wonderful, makes you wonder what they are saying to each other.

Puddles
by odriew

Comment:
Really great the texture adds a lot to this image.

nascence
by nixter

Comment:
Looks like he is going to take a dip in a silver pond. very nice.

by RKT

Comment:
this one really caught my attention, nice work!

Surface Tension
by KarenNfld

Comment:
I'm slow, but better late than never. Congrats on a great image.

Garlic and Juicer, 2011
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Very interesting play on light and dark. This has a very painterly quality about it. Great photo.

Get up close and personal, disregard what other people think about you and smile often
by jagar

Comment:
Wow! how did I miss this. I am still trying to catch up. Congrats! I knew this would do well.

Find your light - outdoor natural lighting portraits
by Kelli

Comment:
Portraits are hard, from what I have learned so far people will be pretty tough on a portrait that isn't absolutely perfect. Here are a couple things I noticed that may have hurt your score: The crop is a bit tight, it doesn't bother me too much but I can see others marking down for it. Overall it lacks sharpness, the eyes especially need to be sharp, if you apply a skin smoothing plug-in you need to make sure to do it on a new layer and then mask over the eyes so they stay sharp. The skin smoothing technique that you used is nice, but I usually have to go back in and clean up areas manually with the clone tool or spot remover tool. Her forehead and under her eyes may have benefited from a little evening out (think of it kind of like applying make-up) Removing moles with the spot editing tool is a matter of choice sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, I think they are fine here, but I would have cleaned up the area around her nose a bit.

Overall I like her quirky look and the lighting is very nice, and wow! what gorgeous green eyes. I hope you don't mind this long critique. Only doing it to try and be helpful, so hopefully it will come off that way.