Mountain path
by franktheyank

Comment:
The long, gradually narrowing path in this excellent black and white ever so patiently unwinds until it crosses a gap in the mountain. It's a paean to the simple vastness of the West. As if this isn't enough, there are glorious storm clouds overhead, and a storm indifferently raging off to the right. It speaks to me and is going into my favorites

Forgotten Alley
by MargaretNet

Comment:
What I love here are the delicate forest colors, the intricate detail and the filigree interlacing of the tree branches. The quality of mood is somehow -- whether by wonderful location or technical artistry -- removed a bit from realistic to enchanted. It certainly is beautiful. Though, like many entries, this is more a matter of convergence and implied vanishing point rather than actual vanishing point, it's my favorite of the challenge because of its aforementioned beauty and mystery. The more I look at it the more I enjoy it.

distractions
by armando_m

Comment:
Thought they were pears. And this is quite underrated, in my opinion.

Organic
by franktheyank

Comment:
Lovely aerial photograph of Levittown. Okay, it's a leaf. But it's a fine example of how one pattern can suggest something completely otherwise. In its own right, it's a splendid evocation of beauty in decay.
Or are those toxic waste dumps.

69
by GeorgesBogaert

Comment:
Beautiful colors in this exotic (because it's not English) pattern of paper lanterns. A feast for the eyes.

Spoon eyes
by denisspray

Comment:
I'm intrigued by the very bizarreness of this image. Clever and idiosyncratic. Once you can do this you can do anything!

Corporate Ladder
by LN13

Comment:
Nicely positioned structure that engages a sense of pattern from its new perspective, enhanced by its striking coloration and clever title. Also looks like stylized rapids in a river. Object lesson in constructing whimsy from the straightforward.

Gradient
by macwilyum

Comment:
Compelling pattern that could be crystalline structure under a scanning microscope or architectural sleight of hand. This image exemplifies strict "pattern" more than any other in the challenge.

Natural Patterns
by essay

Comment:
A shimmering pattern in a colorful composition. Engaging.

Courtyard
by glad2badad

Comment:
Once the feet are added to this pattern of bricks and paths you have a narrative, and the stakes are raised. So the imagination is subtly invited into the image, the viewer is engaged and the photo is successful.