River and Boat
by gyaban

Comment:
Cute, but extremely fake.

Beer and pretzels
by Mike

Comment:
Looks nearly as good as the spread in the current Popular Photography.

DSC_0315-Edit-Edit1
by Ja-9

Comment:
Much crisper and better detail. If it had the higher level of sparks it would be even better, but still the choice of the two for me.

Felt Hat
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Looks like you connected with the appreciative commenters and viewers. :-) I'm glad you entered this; it's a fun photo.

Chained
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Well - if the challenge had finished the way I scored it, you'd have a nice shiny new virtual ribbon to display. :-) I placed this shot at the top of my list. Really a lovely photo. I bet there's some stock photo life in this one as well. I don't say that in a negative way...I mean stock photo in a high art venue (not your avg magazine ad clip kinda thing). Anyway, just wanted to say congrats on a nice score and a wonderful image.

The View from Bag End
by vawendy

Comment:
This is a beautiful photo Wendy! Nicely seen and captured.

Diminuendo
by nickyb

Comment:
Lovely photo...FWIW I gave this a 9. Thought this would make Top Ten. Nonetheless, congrats on a great capture!

Can we do a silly one?
by nam

Comment:

Originally posted by oldbimmercoupe: border detracts big time from a fine image. trust your art.

I thought the border helped give this one a little aspect balance actually. :-P

Sa Pa Villager
by salmiakki

Comment:

Originally posted by Neat: Thanks for explaining the colour on her hand, nice stuff Sarah.

Ditto! :-)

On the Wind...
by Lydia

Comment:

Originally posted by Melethia: Unfortunately, my monitor clearly shows editing artifacts - looks like black magic marker scribbled aroun the stem. (Not voting, but thought I'd let you know - try turning the brightness up on your monitor or look on another monitor to see if you can see this.)

Yep. That's what I'm seeing also - exactly.