To a Wild Rose
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
i like the restraint shown here. Flowers are there but not dominant.

Flight of the Bee
by chalice

Comment:
Wow! ... this is excellent as far as DOF, focus, captured moment and color. As far as nature and beauty this one defines them.

Yellow
by micromidge218

Comment:
This needs more pixels!!! ... Without the size, the photo can't really be compared to the others.

Seagull
by Odie

Comment:
Great ... Great look on the bird and great background. the head is just a tad blown out it appears but overall that doesn't really hurt it. 8

Haiku
by charmayne

Comment:
great subject... some of the simplest bokeh yet extremely affective. Title is appropriate and clever also.

... in motion
by Nikolai1024

Comment:
well done.

well...
by charliebaker

Comment:
congratulations, this is the strangest image I've seen here I think. It is minimalistic and a bit crazy ... not 100% sure whether it meets the challenge, but congrats on having the cahones.

Triptych
by barbaraanne

Comment:
Great idea ... I love the eroding foreground elements. With just a few adjustments this could be the winner IMO. I think that slant or distortion hurt this a bit ... maybe a more strongly angled image would distract from the lens distortion or whatever is going on. You could also maybe try moving either up or down with the camera to have more dramatic background perspective or something to focus the eye to. Another possiblity would be to have a more zoomed/cropped deal where the top and bottome are cropped out. Also: a polarizing filter might hold back some of the highlight in the background allowing for more interesting contrast. i left all this because i like the image and feel this idea has great potential. 7

Exit to the right
by tkjaer

Comment:
Awesome contrast - has a really alive feeling to it. The woman on the tright in the background is a neat discover too. fave.

Where black is the color
by pineapple

Comment:
I like the classic high contrast feel here. the subject is great and the bird is definitive of the city.