Riding the Storm Out
by cynthiann

Comment:
Heck of a shot, Gal! You're doing great! I was one of the 9's...

Bubbly
by Neat

Comment:
ONLY 76th? That's insane :-(

Winter coats
by Enlightened

Comment:
THis is just gorgeous. The ice is amazing, the textures almost surreal. 10

Jones Lake Morning
by Lawton

Comment:
I keep *wanting* not to like this one for the way the tone mapping has flattened it, but dammit, it WORKS! Well done! 10

Bubbly
by Neat

Comment:
This is beautiful. What a strange, bizarre slice-of-life :-) 10

Satisfied
by BarbB

Comment:
Compelling portrait of a leaopard. Fascinating how the uper BG almost mimes his dappled spots :-) 10.

Marlboro Point
by Dennisheckman

Comment:
Very, very powerful landscape. Cooked up enough in post to really bring up the power and depth, but not so much as to be ridiculous. 10.

the 800 block
by ubique

Comment:
VERY strong and emotional image. The tension is palpable, or is that serenity masquerading as tension? 10.

Fawkes
by odriew

Comment:
For me this is extraordinarily powerful. I question the use of so much empty sky, because it gives too much emphasis to the texture, and anyway the image crops beautifully to a higher aspect ratio, which the new 1200px allowance makes possible. Anyway, it's very strong and I gave it a 10 on first pass. I have been debating dropping it a point because the composition is bugging me, but what the heck :-)

Waiting for Godot
by MargaretNet

Comment:
I'm an HDR man myself, but this is just too cooked for my taste, the more so because "Waiting for Godot" is a bleak and unrelenting piece of work and, for me, it belongs in the darker end of the light spectrum, so to speak: I'd want the bleak-day-on-the-moors look here, nyself.

Of course, that's just me. It's a heck of a location, a good POV, a dramatic sky, lots to like. If I felt the processing were more apt, it might have been an 8. As it is, a 7.