Caribbean Flamingo Portrait
by bobnospum

Comment:
My second after Larry's for this challenge. Your bird photography is consistently stunning, of course, but what really WOWed me the most with this is the color balance. It's incredibly tricky (at least for my butterfingers) to get reds and magentas to pop this vividly without them feeling oversaturated. And the compositional choices here are spot-on. This looks like glossy advertising through and through.

the round in the square
by primabarbara

Comment:
Your eye never stops searching for the most magnificent views in everyday places. Congrats! This was one of my top scores. Wonderful use of the square crop to contain and direct attention right where it belongs.

Long-Legged Fly On A Squash Leaf
by Refocused

Comment:
DPL really is tough on people when I of all people would be your lone 10 on this unbelievably pristine piece of work. :-P

Same Sky
by lovemelvin

Comment:
Top ten, woot! And in one of the most competitive challenges of the year so far--I knew this would do well from the first moment you shared it with us. :-) Congrats!

Mom's-Eye View
by tate

Comment:
Incredible. I can't begin to imagine the setup it takes to capture this. So there better be notes. LOL

Fun Guy among the Peruvian Lilies
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Fun guy. Fungi. I can't believe I just now got it.

ladies shopping
by tvsometime

Comment:
Wonderful street candid. And one of the more casually profound bits of seeing in the challenge, I'd say. This reminds me of some of my sightings in and around the Round Top area here in Texas during peak antiquing season. Except I can actually identify with the geek culture in this one.

Bright Yellow Nasturtium
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
I was one of your 8s on this one. Incredible color and detail. You OM-D users seem to keep catching my attention lately...

Bold voyager
by mariuca

Comment:
This was one of my higher votes this challenge. Apart from the VERY bold color presentation, I find the basic abstraction here--and my frustrating inability to decode the context, no matter how hard I try--quite compelling.

Explosion
by Refocused

Comment:
If it wasn't minimal editing, I would have assumed this was produced with software--that's how perfect the 'edit' appears to me. Really expected this was going to be in the top five.