Scissor Girl
by willow_zzen

Comment:
Hands'down winner for the mondo bizarro ribbon in this challenge. I wish the foreward handle weren't occluding the eye socket, though.

Where the Water Meets the Land
by cghubbell

Comment:
A very nice, brooding shot, lovely how the moving water's been mistified...

Practice has begun..
by singsunshine

Comment:
Amusing construction, well-realized. The shadows clustered in the BG bother me a little... Strong entry.

Descent to Arrakis
by srbrubaker

Comment:
I find this to be simply beautiful. The balance of the composition is spot-on. The lighting is exquisite, the tonalities breathtaking. I hope it does well, but I'm afriad it's not "literal" enough in terms of the challenge. Love the title.

Ragged
by Tycho

Comment:
For this to work as well as it ought to, the middle-ground rocks need to be tack-sharp to contrast witht he ghost water. The tonal;ities of sky and water are beautiful, the overall color is lovely.

Its all legal
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Intriguing composition. I might prefer a true vertical for the dominant N/S element.

Rock
by gingerninja

Comment:
In many ways a very powerful image, but I have several nits. The cliffs themselves don't seem to be rendered as wella s they might be, and even though the horizon is almost perfectly level the ooveralls ense is that it's leaning slightly to the right, like it needs half a degree of ccw rotation to balance it. Finally, the very wide one-two punch of border is really hurting you here, it's greatly at odds witht he delicacy of the photo details, and overpowers them badly.

The Beauty of Handmade Paper
by docpjv

Comment:
This deceptively simple composition if worth a second, and a third, look. Bumping up. My first reactionw as "not sharp", but now the softness seems to work well for the subject.

Arthur's Stone
by tazza

Comment:
The ambiguity of scale here is fascinating. Nice image, tautly composed.

Celebrating the Creator
by gloda

Comment:
This is quite amusing. It's a pity there's so much of it feeling blown out. Good work!