Untrained Eye
by casualguy

Comment:
The title is a lovely pun, the image is delightfully down-key. I don't suppose it will finish above the middle of the pack, but I am very fond of it.

bravado
by ellamay

Comment:
Fine action/animal capture. Did you try upping the yellow component on the grass a hair? It seems a little flat to me, color-wise.

Quiet Pond in Infrared
by hyperfocal

Comment:
Serene and evocative, suffering a bit for lack od separation of trees in middle distance from clouds behind them, making the image lose a significant amount of "depth".

Hayden Valley
by Gallatin

Comment:
Nice sensitivity to light, a pleasing and well-composed landscape. I wish the frightmost curve of the river were not so perfectly tangent to the right edge of the frame; I's like to see a whisper of yellow grasses there.

Sidelong
by Tranquil

Comment:
I recognize this gal :-) The pcture's perfect of her, something is not quite spot on about the oof tree background though.

He is mine
by vasilkovaya

Comment:
This is extremely sweet and effective. I suspect it won't do as well as I think it ought to, but I'd be proud of it if it were mine. the focus plane is spot-on, the cropping of the man's face is wonderful. The vertical component of the oof background, being slightly skewed, is a little off-putting to me. I'd have tried a hair more blur there, perhaps...

Seneca Lake Sunset
by ClickNSee

Comment:
Very eeire, painterly rendering. There's an overall greenish hue that I find slightly off, and it's losing a hair too much detail to the left for my tastes. Just a whisper of dodging on the left, and a selection at the forward treeline to drop some green out of the BG would do wonders for me I think. Not much, just a little...

Limeburners Lagoon, Australia
by Anjella

Comment:
While I realize the horizon is level, this has a sense of being tilted clockwise just a little bit. This frequently happens with this sort of shot, and it's disconterting. It has also been oversharpened, to my eye, or if this is how it came from the camera it could use a tad of softening. A very nice image regardless.

camera obscura
by visaksen

Comment:
Beautifully seen image. Totally eerie. The lit window lower center makes the picture. Thumbs up!

Tower Bridge - 1870s Architecture
by jonpink

Comment:
Jon, I agree with your asessment of your own picture. Apparently the voters disagree with us though. I'd rate this a middle-of-the-pack image, myself, as would you, apprently. But congrats on 4th.