Telluride Nothing Festival
by mrorange002

Comment:
That's GOT to hurt!

Happy Winner
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Hell, people, I even entered "what?" instead of "reflections" just to spare y'all "yet another spectacular sky reflected in the marsh" shot... Sometimes I wonder if people have ever really LOOKED at my full range of challenge entries. It's just that my BEST pictures are almost always scenics, 'cuz that's what I do, ya know? Those are the ones that sell, too.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words. To those who question whether this depicts "pride", all I can say is that when I saw this shot (from the clambake, not shot for the challenge at all) I said to myself "Damn, she looks proud of herself!" so I entered it. And, for those who asked, she'd just won an impromptu race to the water and back the kids had organized up.

Human Tree...
by gipomontesanto

Comment:
This is very well seen, gipo. Congrats on your top 10.

Howling Birch
by Strikeslip

Comment:
Way to go slippy! You're climbing the ladder!

Shunned
by EddyG

Comment:
I was surprised this didn't ribbon. Deceptively clean and simple, yet reeking of the tile emotion. Well done, Eddy!

Forbidden vegetable
by LevT

Comment:
Gawsh, Lev, that's downright LEWD! (wink) Who'd have thought a staid chayote was so passionate? Congrats on ribbon!

Wine & Romance
by 3eyedcrow

Comment:
I liked this shot a lot, not least because the two corkscrews are so clearly "male" and "female". Congrats on ribbon!

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by Refwhett

Comment:
This is also very nice, but perhaps a bit too agressive on the saturation and a bit too contrasty for best effect as well.

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by Refwhett

Comment:
A very nice image. The colors are perhaps a tad too posterized, but that's a personal judgment. I don't agree that the sky should be darker per se, but I do think applying a little gradient to it would help, from a deeper blue to transparent on the selected sky area alone.

Taking A Moment
by jrjr

Comment:
This is an "almost" in my book. It's very nice, but compositionally it's a little off for me. Horizon too close to centered, lighthouse too close to centered, wave line too close to centered... Everything except the surfer is forcing us to that wave/lighthouse interface. The sky seems an afterthought, sort of... The little curl of light on a wavelet behind the surfboard (or is that driftwood?) is quite distracting too. Try cloning out that "driftwood" and cropping out half the sky, and watch how it changes the dynamics of the composition dramatically. Still, a strong entry, lovely light. Well seen!