Daisy
by NstiG8tr

Comment:
love the colors on this. I've taken shots of these but mine never look this good.

Water Flower
by Balko

Comment:
this is cool. Different POV than I usually see. DOF excellent.

Dessert in Bloom
by LucidLotus

Comment:
Strictly my opinion, take it for what its worth...The score on this image, I believe, is not due to the quality of the image, its due to its relation to the topic. You have a very pretty flower but not a wow flower, in a challenge full of wow flowers. If this were a challenge on cakes, I think this would have done a little better, as you captured the cake with good lighting (so many pictures of food here have bad lighting making the food look inedible!). To up your score a little more, you might have taken the shot at an angle more flattering to the cake (not cropped through the middle of the cake). The background works well as does the natural white lighting on the whole scene. Maybe try a square crop that includes the bottom of the cake with part of a plate in a complementary color. At any rate, remember that part of your score is always going to be relation to the challenge. Quality of the image itself only plays a part. You got some 10s, 9s, and 8s. Can't be all bad! :)

Daisy DOF
by SJCarter

Comment:
the DOF on this is amazing. Love this too.

Reach
by SJCarter

Comment:
and this one. How are you doing the crackle?

Awaken II
by SJCarter

Comment:
i love this one.

Monster
by undieyatch

Comment:
something about the variety of textures really works here. Conversion extremely well done. You've managed to separate all the dark tones without losing any contrast. Excellent!

Got Food
by 3DsArcher

Comment:
manual focus on a quickly moving target. Excellent job. Excellent capture.

laugh
by bucket

Comment:
excellent conversion. Love the 'high key' look here. Like the play between sharpness (him) and softness (water). Works extremely well.

Madame Tussauds
by yanko

Comment:
The B&W conversion on this is excellent.