A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment:
Way to go Keith! Fine finish for a fine shot, certainly the most graceful of the submissions.

Sunset Feeding
by Stagolee

Comment:
Great finish! I'm not in the least surprised. Was in my top 5 voting. Congrats!

Blade
by JohannesFrank

Comment:
Minimalist in the pure sense, and a lovely "abstract" as well, but failing to meet the challenge as the subject is taking up too much of the picture area, IMO

a good place to land
by ovenbird

Comment:
Can't have beene asy to capture this. The fly pis lovely, the leaf part is pretty well overpowering the shot though. I wonder if you could have desatted this within basic rules? by dumping some red out? How that woudl have effected the fly? I donno. Nice capture regardless.

The Grain Of Rice
by Sonda

Comment:
That's a very strange image. Beautifully cropped, luscious tonalities, social commentary up the wazoo in a minimalist setting. Strong entry.

door knob
by robadsy

Comment:
Nice and clean. Doesn't excite me, but I like the "design" of it.

The mermaid's glove
by arngrimur

Comment:
I've had this parked in 6.0 while I try to make up my mind whether I love it or hate it. That's a very strange hand. For the longest time I was reading it as the reflection of a hand on the prow of the boat, a painted hand; now I think it's a latex glove floating by, which of course is TRULY odd. Regardless, the image keeps me coming back so I'm rewarding it with a 2 point bump.

Fearless White Duck
by ccasey

Comment:
There's a lot tolike in this shot, but the slight crop onto the tail is hurting it in my eyes. I don't know if it's intentional, or all you had to work with. I accept that you may have been going for some visual tension with the crop, but for me it would have worked better as an image if the tail were intact I think. Nice shot, lovely dark texture work.

You're not the one
by solarys

Comment:
This is really quite a lovely ducky shot. I sort of overlooked it, parked it at 5. But it grows on me, largely because of the very poignant title. One of the relatively rare times when the title makes a difference to me. I like the lighting here, and the picture in general. Bumping ya up 2 points.

Certified Assistance Dog "Karma"
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Fessel, she's not actively climbing, she froze in place and "pointed" the birds basically. Very static pose.

Buddy, she's a rescued shelter animal, an abandoned dog. We assume sone German Shepherd in the mix because of the ears, but she's smallish at 55 lbs. She has an incredible herding instinct; in our local free run area she herds all the other dogs, it's funny to watch. So in that respect she behaves like a cattle dog yes...