Two Pears, Dune Grass, Winter Light
by PenelopeK

Comment:
Beautiful environmental still life, with many of the classic elements but in a natural setting.

Islamorada, L'isola viola
by Cory

Comment:
Just remembered to check this as I'm judging the side-challenge entries, and I have to say I'm surprised the score's that low. Still, you learned a lot, and that's what matters :-)

Surface Wave
by zeuszen

Comment:
I'll echo that, "seriously good". Got an 8 from me, and made me come back for several looks during the week. What particularly struck me is, which is the surface and which the ground, which is the wave and which is the substrate? I love ambiguity, I find it more and more in the simplest things as I age, though I've yet to find the courage (?) to attempt to render it.

grandfather
by Kine

Comment:
An 8 from me, remarkable image and perfectly matter-of-fact presentation. The door, for me, both echos the face and represents the dawning end of life. Wonderful image. For me, the chopping of the arm is in effect the counter-expression of the door; pieces are missing, the end is near, the exit awaits. It resonates with me because I juts lost my father exactly a year ago, and pieces of him were disappearing in some strange way as we watched.

Message edited by author 2010-01-29 14:22:33.

one
by nixter

Comment:
I figured this has to be you, and I was right :-) One of my 10's. Faceless feets, faithful rendering, and the arrow just makes the image, a grace note par excellence. Ridiculously low score, my sympathies.

Y
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
I'd have expected a lot better out of this, score wise. I gave it an 8 myself. It's intricate and vaguely mystifying. It feels like dragonfly wings, but appears to be a skeletal leaf. I enjoyed studying it, repeatedly.

In Reflection
by Citadel

Comment:
Sorry you missed the 6+. I did my part with an 8. This is quite intriguing, wonderfully well-seen, terrific reversal of visual planes.

9/1
by jdannels

Comment:
I never would have pegged this as yours. Garnered an 8 from me. Nicely done, friend.

Portrait of a man
by Iraklis

Comment:
I think this one is beautiful. I gave it an 8. I was actually surprised it scored as well as it did overall. Well done!

The Anatomy of an Argument
by raish

Comment:
Ridiculous score for a thought=provoking image.