Fertile Fields
by glad2badad

Comment:
Gorgeous. Definitely in the upper third of the crowd for me. Not a critique, but I do wonder if the emotional register might be just a little more ethereal with a shorter vertical crop to lose a bit more of the foreground path.

My happy place
by Maggye

Comment:
This really works for me. I'm not a hard sell on painterly treatments of subjects like these. But I do find myself a bit distracted by the fragments of foliage on the upper left and lower right portions of the frame. The clouds and water would feel a bit more balanced (to my eye) with those cloned out. But otherwise, the emotional impact is superior.

Flower Power
by colorcarnival

Comment:
I can't decide if the radio tower in the background enhances or disrupts this composition. It's almost necessary, I think, to give some pause over the otherwise perfect array of all those sunflowers at JUST the right time that not even one of them looks pathetic. That's a rare find! Beautiful processing, though. This is my top pick in the challenge.

Dawn
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Love the lo-fi cinematic quality to this shot.

The Meeting Place
by vawendy

Comment:
My goodness, what a beautiful capture. Simply astounding.

One More Chapter... Probably
by VitaminB

Comment:
That's quite a setup for this shot! The title of what she's reading makes the thematic connection to the challenge compelling for me.

Imperfections
by mariuca

Comment:
Visually, this is such an arresting piece. It feels to me like the cover image of a vinyl record by some indie crossover artist.

middle
by PennyStreet

Comment:
I'm a big fan of this composition. Architectural abstracts that combine verticals and diagonals really appeal to me. Nice seeing!

Anatomy of a Grasshopper
by vawendy

Comment:
Excellent technical execution on the macro itself. Artistically, I might have experimented with presenting this one in a toned B/W, simply because those shades of tan in both the subject and background compete with each other. In a duotone treatment, I'm betting the finer details of the subject would really pop off the screen.

Layers of Noise
by markwiley

Comment:
I love the detail, coloration, and overall artistic expression of this one. Without more context, though, nothing about it registers to my eye as "macro."