becoming one
by roz

Comment:
I gave this an 8, Roz, my highest mark. The light imbues every part of the image with sparkling, enthusiastic life. I love how the tree and the side of the building play together -- it's as if the tree is trying to draw the building into dancing. It's a joyful interplay. I like the grassy expanse which spreads throughout. It's a lovely photograph.
My theory about why it hasn't received a higher result is that some people felt that it didn't have sufficient "building." Their literal threshold wasn't met. My personal opinion is that such an approach is narrow-minded and tosses away many fine images that merely include the challenge subject in a larger whole. In other words, artistry is given short shrift. So likewise regard these marks with a shrug of the shoulder and a soupcon (with that squiggle under the c) of pity.

Smooth Waterfall
by JuliBoc

Comment:
Last one, and what a beauty! The trees and rocks crowd around this gentle waterfall that brings a great sense of serenity. The little lines -- leaves, fish? -- reveal a languorous swirl in the pool and, for me, this is the beating heart of the image. I love the depth of field. Are you this close to Eden?

stopped conversation
by mariuca

Comment:
Of all your images that talk to me, hungry-wise, this sings out. Your idle play has come up with a delightful design. Artistry bubbles up unbidden. The setting is likewise appealing. I'm glad you stopped to photograph this, and wonder if it gave the busboy any joy.

Cutting a Deal
by Germaine

Comment:
A happy assortment of colors and a compact, pleasant scene combine, along with lovely processing that imbues the image with an inner glow, to form a peaceful, normal moment. And that's enough, and this doesn't in the least under esteem it, to cheerfully carry it off. My favorite touch is the person working in the background.

bird dog and baby
by roz

Comment:
Plainly you're the sun, the moon and the stars to her. A very original style of portrait, the kind of casual interaction that, all told, day after day, is the sum of childhood and being a Mom. Your arm must have become stretched out from changing so many diapers. I'm looking forward to seeing her grow.

Underside
by jomari

Comment:
A combination of the Painted Desert, in Arizona, and the lunar surface. Beautiful range of tones. It's fascinating to see the blue and rust-orange intergrade across the sort of no man's land. As I look more closely, the swirls and speckling just get more and more absorbing. And is there another landscape below this one? A worthy addition to your series.

Mar 29 - Ginger
by hajeka

Comment:
Lovely combination of colors. And how'd that golden layer at the glass bottom come to be? It reminds me of a crowded aquarium. The harmonious background, modestly carbonated, is the final touch to this refreshing image.

it's curtains for you
by skewsme

Comment:
This is my out and out favorite of the challenge. Fabric before a window transmuted into stained glass. The colors are terrific, a torrent of rich blue and honey. The light behind the window is like a heartbeat, bearing life and sustenance. Abiding in a home of imagination and wonder. Nine.

you can't change one hair of it
by mitalapo

Comment:
Another fine image in accompaniment to Don's book of poems. A fine match of talented photographer and poetry of bounteous ideas and images. I'm taken with the composition -- quarter circles in the lower corners, a rectilinear background and a free form middleground. The man, scant of hair on his head, is almost in repose and of triangular form, transitioning nicely from front to back. The depth of field is perfect. The overall scene is excellent.

man selling eggs
by insteps

Comment:
This entrancing image is full to bursting, which lifts the heart in some way. Organized chaos. I like how the generous foreground is full of motorbikes and colorful touches. Then up through the middleground of the red awning, egg merchant, road, fence and trees. Finally, the sky. Beautifully casual. Two touches I really like are the tilted glass the man is drinking from, so delicately shown to be from its position and perhaps ice in water; and the mirror on the right that offers a reflection of tree fronds above. An unabridged chapter.