Waddaya mean check mate?
by hallswel

Comment:
LOL. Very funny and well done. What's with all the "dust" in the background? On your CCD?

Damn! Almost...
by seancgn68

Comment:
Clever. Would have benefited from a "real" gambling type background--maybe felt table and all.

Discarded
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Very good idea, and has the artistic flare I think one needs here. Good composition.

Inner Sanctum
by TooCool

Comment:
Beautiful work! I am shocked this did not ribbon. I am also shocked at the number of 1s, 2s, and 3s. Come on people!

Anyway, congrats on a great finish.

Spring, where are you?!
by Sonifo

Comment:
This is a wonderful composition and a good take on the challenge. The motion of the girl is put to good use here. One area I think this can be improved is in the background--the slightly saturated, pale grass and background for some reason calls attention to itself to me, perhaps simply because it doesn't provide enough contrast with the orange dress and the girls stockings and hat. It may not have been possible during the challenge, but I think this is just the perfect shot to selectively desaturate the background to grayscale. I bet you wanted to do this for the challenge, but were stopped by the similarity in color between the girl and the background. Overall, this is a very nice photo--and I bet it will sell well if you can enhance the contrast of the elements later.

Clouds of Fire
by Gracious

Comment:
Beautiful sunset and reflection. I like the composition with the water and the shore. If I had to pick out one small suggestion, I would say that it would be nice not to have lost part of the shoreline on the right.

Orange in motion
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
I like what you did here, and moreso, perhaps can see lots of good shots coming from this. I think with the motion going to the left, it seems I am being forced to move my eyes out of frame, rather than into the frame, which might have been stronger IMHO

untitled
by israfel

Comment:
Lovely colors and good aesthetics. I think it would have been improved by more DOF. Very nice overall!

rusty's hand
by muckpond

Comment:
Interesting abstract; good texture and color.

The Center of Things
by Beerme425

Comment:
Very nice overall. Good aesthetics. I think I can see this is very good and as you wanted; but I think it might have been stronger with more DOF.