Portals
by lwkimages

Comment:
Ah, lovely. What an absolutely *strange* echoing of both classes of element in the dark rectangle. Has me scratching my head trying to figure out just where the dark plane is located relative to the concrete wall, since we're *seeing* (apparently) the same wall THROUGH its apertures, yet it seems to be a penetration OF the wall. Bizarro. Bumping on second pass.

Leaving home with Mr. Bear II
by Dirt_Diver

Comment:
I wish the yellow inline were white. Otherwise total thumbs-up from me. Sweet image.

A Wonderful Winter in the land of Dr. Suess
by badman

Comment:
That's gorgeous. I wish the foreground didn't get progressively lighter towards the bottom, but that nit aside I totally love it!

Brand New !!
by Kaizer

Comment:
This is quite extraordinary. Love the forceps on the umbilical, just so you know I saw it :-) It seems to me, unfortunately, to be oversharpened on the baby's face, especially, but this doesn't really take away from its power. Well done!

Hana Lily
by Balko

Comment:
For some reason we have quite a few water lilies this time. Of those I've encountered (I'm a third of the way through) this is the first one that feels to me like it's more than just a well-crafted water lily shot. There's something absolutely luminous and transcendent about this image. Good work.

Bumping up from 7-seeded to 8-scored.

far away
by smardaz

Comment:
I keep coming back to this; there's a quite, serene, perfection to it that's incredibly appealing. Most of my high scores are going to the quirky and off-the-wall images that force me into another way of seeing, but I can't let this one pass me by, so up she bumps :-) If this is your daughter, and if this fairly represents a serene and beguiling personality, then you're a lucky parent :-)

Parallax
by Kali

Comment:
This is excellent. My first reaction (as I seeded this into my "bump" group on first pass) was that it was close, but that the murky processing had failed the image. I don't think that any longer. I think if you processed it conventionally the parallax would dissipate. It's a powerful, and timeless, shot. Well done and bumping. 9.

Significant Moments: Learning to Swim!
by Paul

Comment:
Or learning to hold his breath underwater at least :-) Beautiful, whimsical shot, makes me feel "right there" with you, not an easy thing to accomplish underwater. Well done.

Between Heaven and Earth
by Dudski

Comment:
Fantastic. I wish I could go to the Himalaya... One of my great regrets is that I never will...

Restrained
by pepitoid

Comment:
This is so utterly, vibrantly aggressive it's almost scary. VERY well done. I don't know if the cropping through the horse's head was intentional or happenstance, but it's extremely effective.