Dazed Downie.jpg
by lyta

Comment:
Good chance for a close up. Nice detail and sparkle in the eye. A bit overblown but I'm sure you're well aware of that. If there is a story behind it and you could include it in your comments, that would be good. Will check back later.

Fuzz
by Katmystiry

Comment:
Very nice. Nice color and detail. Perhaps a variation in cropping/framing - depending what you had to work with, not sure.

Nuthatch
by Katmystiry

Comment:
Nice and unusual capture. Strange position the bird is in. Perhaps a more finely tuned crop, especially at the top, and possibly a nudge rotation up on the left may have made this even better in my opinion. Depending also what you had to work with, perhaps more height (a squarer framing) may have also given this a little extra, not sure.

Foliage
by train

Comment:
8 - Very nice. Good true color. Like the spider. Difficult foliage to shoot, especially hand-held. Criticism (somewhat difficult with abstracts); Bottom left corner cropped a fraction tighter would have made it even better in my opinion. Perhaps also sharper/more definition, but again difficult, and may also detract from the 'abstractness'.

Magic garden
by LevT

Comment:
9 - Very nice. Criticism (somewhat difficult with abstracts); maybe just the colors tweaked up a bit more. Difficult, but also maybe a little more definition in the swirls/shapes/lines etc. Up to 9 from 8.

Diffusion
by enash

Comment:
8 - Good perspective which also creates a good visual illusion. Seemingly good symmetry. Nice coloring. Criticism (somewhat difficult with abstracts); perhaps the coloring tweaked up more, the line behind in the center detracts slightly, but minor. Perhaps also a little softer overall - thought not sure on that.

Fleeting
by Dax-

Comment:
8 - Nice. Nice colors. Criticism (somewhat difficult with abstracts); a little more of the bubbles and/or the edges of what is there not cropped.

End Of Voyage
by gsal

Comment:
9 - Very nice. Criticism (somewhat difficult with abstracts); perhaps not quite so dark, not sure. Maybe also needs the slightest nudge up on the right to get it dead straight, again, not sure. Up to 9 from 8, also because harder to do abstracts that aren't macros in my opinion.

Color Born
by sajin

Comment:
8 - Nice. Criticism (somewhat difficult with abstracts); really only the couple of reflections which are a fraction too bright in my opinion, but minor anyway. Perhaps more height, not sure. More finely tuned crop, especially on the left.

Snake Eye?
by karmat

Comment:
I gave this a 4. In my opinion it was off-centered 'enough' to adequately meet the Challenge, but the overall composition and elements didn't really emphasize the placement nor the subject or 'story' enough. As best I can recall, I first saw it and accepted it as 'met the Challenge', then moved on to what it was, the quality and then the concept/story/title. As far as I knew/know, 'snake eye(s)' is 1 on the die/dice - so when looking at this, whilst I thought the placement of the one 'pip' (just learned through commenting on this that's the term for the 'dot') was odd, but honestly didn't study it long enough to see manipulation, visual effect, etc. I think the concept is quite good but would need to be 'captured' in a very strong way, without any distractions. The surface the die is on blends from black to brown and also has a few minor 'blemishes'. The blank white area on the die was quite dominant, especially over the somewhat weak reflection - which if that were stronger, would also have likely helped this in my opinion. Perhaps also a more finely tuned crop, especially at the top to give the die and reflection a better position within the frame, and possibly a nudge rotation for more symmetry, may have also helped make this a stronger image - again, just my opinion. Perhaps using just the 'natural 1 pip' and cloning it out on the real and leaving it on the reflection - but then I realize perhaps you did it this way as .. the pip is also off-centered. If so, that was lost on me during voting due to 'attention time'.