Child of Nature
by LalliSig

Comment:
Wow...your subject's feral beauty and her innocence seem to simultaneously come out in this shot. This is beautiful work.

16mm, 30 sec, f 2.8, 3200 ISO, 9 burning sticks and a million stars.
by John White

Comment:
Very clever. Would make a very creative postcard, I think.

The Heron
by Milacroft

Comment:
A very striking contribution to this challenge. Not really much like anything else I've seen so far.

Snow Days
by JamesKW

Comment:
Easily one of the most striking horse portraits I've seen on this site. I LOVE the snow's effect on this composition, and the cropping and positioning of the subject is perfect.

Great Grandmother's Japanese Maple
by betsybarron31

Comment:
Lovely composition, but I think the tiny size of this image seriously weakens it. I'm giving it a 5, but if I could see more detail, I might very well have rated it far higher.

First Moments Alone
by lahulfman

Comment:
This seems like a refreshingly new wedding portrait vantage, to me. I like it a lot.

Stone Path
by Tranquil

Comment:
The coloration of this piece is extremely pleasant. It almost feels as though the image is "glowing" off the screen, and it would make a beautiful print.

Trees
by oscarmeyer

Comment:
Very striking composition.

Color & Texture
by Tom_Robbrecht

Comment:
This is a very nice study. I love the green against the purple, and the saturation of color is perfect, to my taste.

Moment of Truce
by NikonJeb

Comment:
This is a very unique compostion, but I have to say that the odd array of colors leaves me feeling "empty"--for lack of a better word. It's like my eye tries too hard to figure out what is the point of focus in this piece. I also realize that the assortment of blue tones in the subject on the left is part of what makes this piece. My suggestion: selectively desaturate to retain the blues in the left subject, then get grayscales for the rest and increase the contrast. You might disagree, of course. I'm just trying to sympathize with what you're going for here.