Heat
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Extraordinary photograph, monumental yet intimate. Nice palette of tones and textures. This horse looks free.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

not yet titled
by Cuttooth

Comment:
The chain of dissolution is palpable. The kind of stark setting amplifies the sense of abandonment. The handling of light is dynamic. The solar flares are other-worldly, adding a sci-fi gloss that still further advances the mood of entropy.
Altogether compelling.

The road less traveled
by mefnj

Comment:
A beautiful, haunting image. Strong composition and lines, wherein you linger at the deserted house yet are lured onward by the the tracks. A subtle metaphor which so often pertains in people's lives. Lovely soft processing that to some measure drops offhand hints.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

I gaze upon each orb of light
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Congrats on the well-deserved blue. Fine tinkering with light, both obvious and subtle. A good case can be made for the quality of the original, as might be expected, but blacking out the background is a key to the final superb result.

this day may bring
by jmritz

Comment:
The shadows on his face thrown by the hat are greatly diminished. Is it realistic? Don't know. Aside from that, the switch from color to black and white soups up the image tremendously. He is now an aviator, contrasty contrails and clouds echoing the brightness of the face and beard. It's now an heroic image, celebrating a life of adventure, outside in the elements.
Personal favorite of the challenge.

Real Church
by bside123

Comment:
Personal favorite of the challenge.

faster than a speeding bullet
by tvsometime

Comment:
Yeah, go back to where you came from. Had to laugh.

The Landing
by Mona

Comment:
Wonderful accounting of something passing strange and mysterious.

Dream big and you will reach the stars!!!
by Judi

Comment:
A terrific beautiful and imaginative image.

sorry I was screaming
by posthumous

Comment:
In my humble opinion, far and away the best of the bunch. However fun and clever so many of the entries are, they are mainly stylized take-offs on the 1950's cliches, pop renditions, open-mouthed sensations. "sorry I was screaming" brings the chilling modesty of reality to the fore. In my thinking I'm flailing about in the unknown, of course, but this version of a ufo appearance seems so much more plausible than a shock and awe extravaganza, the director shouting "Action!" The ufo is such that it elicits a double take rather than the instinct to whip out one's cell phone. The outside perspective leads the viewer to feel privy to something special that the people within the house, symbolized by the bright lamplight of normal life, are likely unaware of at this point, a somber presentiment of further developments. The blurriness is a deft evocation of the disbelief and confusion that such a sighting would elicit. The foreground branches pull one's eyes towards them, a stark distraction in keeping with the overall tenor of the moment. Masterfully imagined and wrought, a tour de force.
This came in last, an overall five. I'll never understand it. A nine from me, and I regret not joining the ten.
Personal favorite of the challenge.