The Portal
by Coley

Comment:
Whimsy capture. Perfect title. Just lacking some punch ... It's coming off a little flat, like the levels could use a little pop and some contrast added. So, so close to being a top choice.

A Mystic Morning
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
Lovely light. Bit too much foreground for me.

Desert explosion
by LevT

Comment:
Now THIS is frickin AWESOME! Wonderful juxtaposition.

Peek-a-Boo — I (Art) You!
by Bear_Music

Comment:
This is a fun outtake! :-)

Outskirts of Town
by insteps

Comment:
That dog has "teeth"! :-)

Dock Reflections
by illini75

Comment:
I like this shot for sure. Natural tendency (at least for Westerner's) is to go left to right, which the dock, acting as a leading line, takes me right on out of the photo. For me, the primary part of this image is the ladder on the left. I really hate to say this because composition is artistic choice and suggesting to the photographer to consider another possibility is sometimes chafing ... did you look at a vertical (portrait) crop of the left third of this image? I think it has possibilities (crop to include 3 posts to the right of the ladder, and perhaps lose a smidge at the bottom to just come into the longest post on the left.

With all that said ... again, still like this shot. The lighting is very pleasant and your processing, or restraint thereof, is spot on.

Good luck in the challenge.

Family Time
by glad2badad

Comment:

Originally posted by jomari: Barry, why did you choose to mess around with this photo? It looks like a great photo that you started with.

Was attempting to create a 'Rockwell' type image. The original photo was "ok", but not anything overly interesting IMO.

Suburban Christmas
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Yep. Merry Christmas in many neighborhoods. The hillside street helps this composition in adding some "interest".

Suburbia
by the_rkp

Comment:
2nd highest vote from me on this one. Feels like the edge of suburbia ... with downtown not far away. That no-mans-land that is foreign to many people that have moved to "suburbia" proper to escape this.

Suburban Christmas
by illini75

Comment:
Yep. Kind of how surburbia looks in many neighborhoods this time of year. Bit static subject-wise, but better than the average in this challenge thus far.