Ceci n’est pas une rose
by Nordlys

Comment:
I think you didn't understand Magrittes thoughts behind his image 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe'. It shouldn't have been used for this picture. Nice origami though, if you had chosen a decent background and softer lighting this image would have come out really well. 5.

Rock Silhouette
by The_Wedge

Comment:
I think this is stretching the challenge a bit too far, mainly because it's hard to even see the rock. Okay, I know it's there and it's a really good picture, but this should have gone to free study. 8.

Balance
by Sammie

Comment:
Good DOF, nice textures. The composition of the big stone against the background is too stable for my taste. I would rotate the image 30° clockwise, if cropping allows that. You'd get much more dinamic lines and the stones would look even less stable, thus more difficult to balance. 5.

Rock in its naturally Sitting
by Crafty Sue

Comment:
Your picture is out of focus and blown out on some parts of the rock. Switch your camera to 'macro' mode for close-up photographs. Reduce the exposure time or decrease your aperture to make your picture darker, in order to avoid areas of pure white.
I think a lower perspective would have improved this shot, as if a bug or an ant was seeing the stone. 3.

Stare of stone.
by cathysapp

Comment:
I feel like you didn't do much for this picture. The creativity comes solely from the statue, which is a work of art in itself. I don't think that your approach to photograph the stonehead adds anything creative. Rotating it -90° doesn't help either. 3.

Cave in the Rock
by parrothead

Comment:
Great lighting. I like how the image is split in two parts. But it looks overedited: too much contrast, and the woman is out of focus, or so it seems. Might be a postprocessing matter as well. 7.

you better start talkin, mr. paper!
by saintaugust

Comment:
Funny. I would have preferred coloured paper. 6.

Nothing but fun...
by hvellur

Comment:
Excellent, outstanding and striking composition. But the blurred background is really distracting. Why did you not use a smaller aperture? You would have gotten a larger DOF and might have used a faster shutter speed. I agree with jfaulkner though, it certainly looks professional. Congrats on your top 40 finish.

Extremely Small Action
by cadbike

Comment:
Hilarious. I like the off-diagonal line and the blurred background. Congrats on your top 50 finish, and show us more neat shots like that!

flipper.jpg
by graphicfunk

Comment:
Very useful info. I'll have to try this sometime. It seems to be one of your favourite techniques, and you made excellent use of it for your boxer picture.