big blue sea
by Neat

Comment:
Congrats on the Yellow, Anita. It was n 8 from me. Very soothing image.

Torn Blue Paper
by clickodak

Comment:
Awesome! It won! Great job, Marcel!

Beach
by bjoern

Comment:
Already voted, commenting now. In principle, this is outstanding and I gave you a good mark, but... At the same time there are flaws to the composition that irk me, although I recognize I'm kind of picky about these things. Still, take a journey through my eyes...

See how the top lines of the cabanas are almost perfectly lined up with the horizon? and how the the bottom fringe of the umbrella is almost touching the waterline? See how the bottoms of the cabanas are *almost* present but leaking out in the foreground?

Now imagine lowering the camera position perhaps a foot and moving back perhaps 2 feet; see how now the Cabana tops might bump above the horizon and the umbrella might be better framed against the water itself? And, arguably, you'd have a more interesting foreground with a thin strip of sand all the way across, not sure about that.

Finally, there are several unidentifiable objects out on the water and cut off by the left cabana; those might be eclipsed in the new framing, or they could easily be cloned out. And, arguably, in such a balanced, symmetrical composition, the channel-marker pole might better be cloned out.

But remember, I do LIKE the picture and gave it an 8. I just see so much more potential in sorting the details :-)

Torn Blue Paper
by clickodak

Comment:
This one hits the mark in a thoroughly endearing, minimalist manner. I'd already voted you a 10, commenting now. My best in show pick.

In The Wood
by rooum

Comment:
Eerie as hell! I'm quite captivated by it, and the washed-out dark tones. The centered position of the child enhances the sense of oppressiveness. I only wish the green lichens on the right-most trees weren't drawing my eye away.

High Plains
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
Whoa, beautifully rendered! And it feels like a landscape I know well :-)

Afterglow
by Neil

Comment:
The title recalls to me this Frost poem:

In winter in the woods alone
Against the trees I go.
I mark a maple for my own
And lay the maple low.

At four o̢۪clock I shoulder axe
And in the afterglow
I link a line of shadowy tracks
Across the tinted snow.

I see for Nature no defeat
In one tree̢۪s overthrow
Or for myself in my retreat
For yet another blow.

Last sunlight of the day
by otto22

Comment:
You guys having fun together? ;-)

Eagle-owl in the rain
by hajeka

Comment:
I hate that I can see the jesses on his ankle :-( Still, a striking shot.

existences III
by Tiberius

Comment:
Whoa! This is simply stupendous. I'd love to have a 30x40 print of it :-) What the HECK is that platform halfway down the image and not far from the left edge? Feel free to PM me with info, you already have your 10 from me :-)