Water Colors
by Neil

Comment:
That's sweet :-) My kinda tonalities... I'd like to see the dirt lower left burned in a bit. There's a certain blobbiness to the deeper blue center top that's distracting, and a cyan cast to the brightest area. But overall very strong shot, and excellent use of extreme DOF.

Bare Island
by MichaelC

Comment:
A little more density in a gradient from the bottom would contain thsi and force our eyes into the picture. Helluva scene :-)

Within
by Ivo

Comment:
Makes me think of the Beatles: "Life goes on within you and without you". A lovely image, very effective use of extreme WA.

Asian Delight
by O'Holleran

Comment:
wrong challenge, eh? A nice shot, for the other one :-(

Tour Eiffel
by dani1989

Comment:
Man, this is CRYING out to be rotated counterclockwise to get that tower standing straight :-( Very dramatic lighting.

Pirate's Cove
by jrjr

Comment:
That's sweet :-) I wish it were sharper, though. I suspect you didn't like the sharpened version because it accentuated the noise in the sky. Neat Image would have been your friend here to get the best of both worlds.

Fannette Island
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
Nicely seen. You have a problem in that you've thrown the sky to magenta but you didn't pick that up in the reflection, so it's especially unnatural looking. The very foreground feels too bright to me also, it's leading my eye down and out. I'd have tossed a gradient on there to contain it and force my eyes into the distance of this remarkable scene.

North Falls
by Artifacts

Comment:
Wow... I wonder if it works better if you desaturate the falls themselves so they glow more? Great capture.

Reach for the Sky
by dsidwell

Comment:
Beautiful conversion. A little noisy, but I personally like that. I hope you don't get dinged for it.

The Shire
by Siggav

Comment:
Oh, yeah :-) "This blessed plot, this land of majesty, this scepter'd isle, this earth, this realm, this England..." (did I get that right? it's from memory) This is absolutely timeless. I hope it does well for you :-)