Jambo
by ellamay

Comment:
Great capture. Looks like a little more contrast might make this stand out, it may be natural this way, but it does seem a little "gray". Still, this is one of my top picks for this challenge.

Slide Guitar
by guitar_mann

Comment:
Really well done! I really love this picture. I hope you do ok, because technically, this doesn't look like a natural environment for the snail, so you are probably getting hammered for not meeting the challenge. But it's really stunning.

Pansy
by Kellilou

Comment:
Very nice! Perhaps oversharpened, though there seem to be more white dot artifacts than halos

Goose Neck of Dreams
by fulgent

Comment:
Good idea and shot. I think it would be better (though perhaps not as recognizable) cropped on the left just beyond the edge of the neck.

A Bit of a Pane
by biggood53

Comment:
I really like this but I think the composition could be stronger. The dark bar to the right should be cropped out, and I think much of the bottom with the green background as well. The contrast between the purple flowers and the frosted/distored glass works very well as an abstract (and of course would even be more appropos for part). Hope to see more versions of this later!

Peacock tailfeathers in the breeze.
by Heavy

Comment:
The subject doesn't stand out here because it's so busy with the leaves. Maybe with less DOF it would work better, but the dynamic range issues and overexposed sky are also working against you!

Not so fluffy...
by rathanasiou

Comment:
Very good composition, great closeup, but has some oversharpening problem or added grain problem that lowers the clarity and impact, IMHO.

Wired Support
by Aussie_Bluey

Comment:
This is a good idea and I like the composition. I think it needs to be leveled--the white clouds don't look white to me, and contrast is low. I think with some added contrast, this would score much higher.. Also, I think a wider (landscape) view might have been nice!

Half a Toucan
by vaguilo

Comment:
This is a good idea but it would have been better to crop off the little green part on the right. Also, the composition is somewhat non-dynamic (level, horizontal centering). You might have even rotated it 45 degrees, and cropped in much tigher (who needs the ground and that black diagonal edge upper right).

REVERIE...Wild and Free Again
by charmayne

Comment:
Nice, but watch out for oversharpening (note the white "halos" throughout.