Jacob's Ladder
by lei_73

Comment:
My personal favorite in the challenge. This is an image that is just so magnificently observed and composed. Just enough context to register as "real" yet "bizarre" in all the right ways for this challenge theme. But also just pristinely processed enough to dignify and elevate (no pun intended) the subject beyond something absurd and to suggest something profound in the mind of the beholder. A real artistic feat.

Defiant Bloom
by lovemelvin

Comment:
Terrific seeing. Your description really does express why this is image represents the beating heart of this challenge theme. Congrats on a well-deserved ribbon!

(not so) subtle
by lei_73

Comment:
A real standout for this challenge, but also just a rich piece of candid storytelling that I have returned to multiple times. I foresee a ribbon here.

Shoreline
by Paul

Comment:
Love the dreamy presentation. Feels like a fading memory.

Apr #1 - Playing in the field
by hajeka

Comment:
Incredible capture. And nothing says spring like bunnies. :-D

1. April
by PennyStreet

Comment:
This is the kind of playfully profound abstract composition that only a parent (or grandparent) with a fine artist's sensibility would capture.

Twister
by posthumous

Comment:
Extremely clever. I salute the talent here.

Too Horrific for Humans
by tvsometime

Comment:
This should be licensed as a gag Halloween decoration. It's brilliant. Print it on a poster and hang it up at your next October social gathering. :-)

DUCK - a thoughtful look at who we might be and what we can be
by PennyStreet

Comment:
I wondered whose this might be. It looks just zany enough to be a Duplass Brothers production or something. And probably a sleeper critical darling. I admire the mind that conceived this imaginary story.

It's King NOT Koontz!
by Martus

Comment:
Truly clever. And creepy as heck. The Koontz/King thing took me back to many conversations with my dad in my teenage years, when he was hooked on Koontz novels while I was trying on King movies.

Love the "glitch/cellophane" effect on this, btw.