Wax : An ever changing texture.
by David Newland

Comment:
The flame and wick are in focus, not the wax. I can barely discern the wax.

Chinese Paint Brushes
by BHuseman

Comment:
The frame is too dominant for the delicate nature of the bristles, which are the main 'subject' here - in my opinion.

On the Way Down
by banmorn

Comment:
6 - Nice texture capture. Colors are nice too. Wonder about a variation in composition/crop.

Aged
by CEJ

Comment:
Good texture find, but it is blurry. Like the composition.

boxing.jpg
by aliqui

Comment:
Does look like the bug is boxing in this and the other image. The top of this image dominates too much and distracts from the little 'scene'. If the quality was there, perhaps a much tighter crop - roughly a third of the way down, to just below the blown white area of the petal, may help. The resulting squareish crop may benefit as well. Tweaking in pp to bring out some more detail may also have helped enhance what you have captured.

2406.jpg
by aliqui

Comment:
In response to your request. I'm curious to see the original. If you would share some of your pp would be good too. Also, some insight into your 'vision' for this image; scene, 'feel', colors, etc.

As is, the combination of the curvature of the horizon, the shoreline and the angle/perspective you have taken this image from, makes the image seem off balance, or 'skewed', in a sense. The colors seem a little washed out and, as mentioned below (I don't usually read others' comments before making my own, but did this time), the pp seems to have diminished those colors and, in my opinion, also the textures and detail - which I do wish to see.

Another reason to see the original was to see if perhaps more could be included for added compositional balance.

I like the shape and patterns of the water (seemingly) gently coming in at the foreshore on the right and the other few elements that seem there, but not 'enhanced' (such as the wood/sticks). I wonder what those little things at the edge and in the water are.. Aside from the (tiny) sign visible on the right and the (seeming) footsteps in the sand, looks like quite an untouched scene.

Long Train Runnin'
by JeniY

Comment:
Like the way you have brought out the colors in the train, creates 'segments'. Your call of course, but I wonder whether the distant something far right and the greenery edging on the track cropped out, may have made this an even stronger image. Like to have seen the perspective a bit stronger for this Challenge too, 'somehow'.

Sutcliffe's Apartments
by Imagineer

Comment:
7 - Nice dramatic tones. Like the depth in this image.

Light Perspective
by landcamera

Comment:
7 - Nice unique image. Wish the focus was a little sharper in the fore as well.

Beautiful forever
by choppers

Comment:
I guess I must be one of only a few who see something else in this image, after reading your Photographer's Comments: "It was a great pleasure to take a photo of this gorgeous pair :)
They said something in Dutch but i couldnt understand them :D So i asked in english if i can take a photo of them ... they smiled and said "no thanks :)" ... and just when they turned back i took this shot :) "

I see a couple having their picture taken against their will. I know many will disagree, the 'candid' debate will arise, etc. But in my opinion there is a line on personal 'space', and it gets increasingly crossed in this day and age, if recognized at all. It is not the 50's anymore and photographer's such as Doisneau (whose work this image might be reminiscent of) did/do not 'do' the same things with their images. In so many ways it is not the same world anymore. Consider this: what would this couple think knowing a: this image was taken even when they politely declined and, b: this image being 'placed' on the internet. Consideration and respect seems to be missing nowadays.

The image itself is quite nice, nice scene, nice composition, tones work well. I didn't vote on this image in this Challenge. As far as meeting the challenge of 'Beauty in the Everyday', I understand the concept, but, especially after reading 'the story', it is missing the 'peace'. Of course the voters didn't know that and 'reality' rarely 'accompanies' an image anyway, but even with it, most seem content to 'ignore' the facts. As for wabi sabi, a different concept that was lost on many in this Challenge.