Conjoined Oaks
by wbanning

Comment:
You know what might have been wonderful? If you'd made the top half of the montage first then destroyed the crease line and the pure symmetry of the clouds before adding the flipped, bottom panel :-) But it's a lovely image regardless, and very nicely rendered.

Three to One
by Melethia

Comment:
So you're good at being you! Congrats!

Three to One
by Melethia

Comment:
I'll go out on a limb and say this one is Melethia's. It's certainly "her" pier, I believe... And she DOES like her backlighting...

Wabi Sabi
by mrbig65

Comment:
This image was seriously underrated. It was one of my highest picks. The bird absolutely elevates it to the totally wabi level of sabi (or vice versa) :-)

Frenchie and Happy Pants
by Melethia

Comment:
Such a feel-good image and the title is priceless. I've decided to bump you to the top of the pile, from 7 to 10.

Friends
by vawendy

Comment:
Is that the new puppy, Wendy?

If the Wall Could Talk
by posthumous

Comment:
It talks to me, Don. It was one of my top picks for the challenge, working around the peripheries of generic emptiness and opening some windows to the core of loneliness.

Spring Migration
by giantmike

Comment:
It's a lovely scene, lovingly rendered. For me, the geese are a little out-of-scale, I can't quite put my finger on it... Maybe a little too crisp?

My rebel canine
by Sisto

Comment:
ouch!

Where We First Kissed...
by QuickClickMick

Comment:
This is a nice, haunting little image. Something about the container ships speaks of vastness and life passing. So I quite like it. However, for what it's worth, in my eye the bit of sky upper left is causing serious damage to the gestalt of the image. I hold up my hand to crop the left side and suddenly the mass of the tree trunk takes on a grim sobriety that multiplies the impact the receding space. It's a very nice B&W conversion, BTW, understated and luminous.