The Reluctant Frog King
by Breeee123

Comment:
Briana! CONGRATULATIONS! This photo is absolutely awesome! And kudos to your outstanding green model. Not quite as beautiful as your other model :) but a striking figure nonetheless. Congratulations on an honorable mention! I wish 4 ribbons could have been given out for this one.

Cinderella
by stevieian

Comment:
This is AWESOME! I'm so glad it won a ribbon. Congratulations.

Snow White
by aimeethetoo

Comment:
Oh Aimee! A genius shot, executed flawlessly! Sorry you didn't hang on to your 8. It deserves it, but then, with a 7.78 finish, it's hard to feel too sorry for you :) Congratulations on so many levels for this!

"The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was"
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Gasp! What a breathtaking photo. Fine art at its very best. And look at that SCORE! Sheeeeeesh. But don't stop now. . .if you can turn out photos like this, I want to see MORE! :) MEGA CONGRATULATIONS!!

Cameron At Bay
by Jason_Cross

Comment:
I love it! You have spectacular post-processing skills. The voters just rob people of great scores in Free studies it seems. They are so hard!

Frontman
by Jason_Cross

Comment:
With this one, my thoughts are that I'm afraid our voting community still has a bit of the "doesn't get it" disorder as far as being artsy and creative. To me, it very much looks like a high-6, dpc-friendly style as far as subject, composition and processing, but the artistic (and very cool in my opinion) use of blur probably is a little ahead of most of the voters in the artsy department. Plus, the free study factor doesn't help much either.

Again, tho, I think it is AWESOME, and one I would have voted really high.

The Door to Her Dreams
by Jason_Cross

Comment:
I think they are particularly brutal in voting in free studies. If this photo were submitted to a typical member challenge, if it was "in your face" on topic (like unfortunately the voters demand) I think it would score in the high 6's.

It is fabulous! It reminds me a little of Joey Lawrence's work.

The Day Slips Away
by Caravela

Comment:
This is too beautiful and too perfect for words! Congratulations all the way around!

life in miniature
by roz

Comment:
Oh Roz! No wonder you are my macro hero. This is perfection! Not only macro detail to the nth degree, but in the context of a beautiful photo.

Oh, and I'm with Andrew. 42nd place? Not in my opinion!

Should have listened
by Ragga2000

Comment:
This is AWESOME, Ragga! This one should have ribboned! A bummer, indeed. . .although, I'm not sure I would mind having to walk in that breathtaking scenery under any conditions :)