web weaver
by roz

Comment:
Here's an image that knocked me backwards, so sleek and evocative and powerful. All the human connotations of spiders and their webs inform this presentation, or tale. The depth of field is wonderful. There's a sense of being at the center of the universe, enhanced by the galactic bokeh. The bokeh on the web, striped kind of like fingerprints, is especially becoming. The variety of shapes is subtle and entrancing. The overall feel is of a mandala.
Personal favorite of the challenge, the ten. Going into my favorites. If I were to set up a wing of the favorites of the favorites, this would happily reside therein.

summer
by jmritz

Comment:
Lovely evocation of your perfect title. Timeless.

Painting the Roof
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
Lovely feel, lines, composition. The left frame, out of focus greenery, works well.

Pathos
by mariuca

Comment:
Yes, and in the fluidity of time we were mere inches apart. Talking about my photo, "A Day In The Life," which was south to your north, my back to the Bethesda Fountain. Where's the water, the water lilies, the lotuses? The pigeons on the angel's wings? A lovely part of Central Park, and your image reverberates with all that isn't now but will be again.

Clematis on Dead Beech
by tnun

Comment:
The delicacy of it is, nevertheless, overpowering.
Personal co-favorite of the challenge.

Reynisdrangar
by Structor

Comment:
The dark beauty of it, layers overlapping and interlocking. And the punctuating sea stacks. So very fine.
Personal co-favorite of the challenge.

Crossing
by markwiley

Comment:
Terrific perspective, the depth of him. Beautifully wrought and fills me with wonderment.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

Ocean boy
by Neat

Comment:
Congratulations on a spectacular win! Imaginative and sumptuous. Highly artistic.

Good Morning!!
by roz

Comment:
Stunning. Fades out of focus like a dream. A delicate assassin. Imagine what it's like to be the caterpillar victim. Can we shrug our shoulders and muse, he or she hasn't consciousness as we determine it, is therefor insensible to pain? Maybe no dreams, and so no nightmares? These lines of inquiry can be overwhelming, so we save our sanity be backing off. At least I do. In the end, self-preservation.
One of my favorites of your wonderful plumbing of the world of insects. And my personal favorite of this challenge.

with dog
by tnun

Comment:
Interesting, fun, utterly natural. The red's part of life, the greens and blues are lovely.