Delicate ice
by jerom

Comment:
Hot.

Petals
by jkyosef

Comment:
Out of focus

She's on My Mind
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Interesting. Catching.

Sky's the limit.
by Allforunity

Comment:
Nice. Learn to submit it bigger.

Empty Store Window
by RyanCowles

Comment:
Meeting a challenge isn't the only target - we should seek some aesthetical, artistic, technical value. This is the reason why I do not submit to all challenges.

Black-eyed Susans
by drydoc

Comment:
Grain is present in background, but not positively working.

Why won't you let me sleep?
by ggbudge

Comment:
Personally I do not like these artificially blue and unnatural eyes in this otherwise very nice picture.

a birthday wish
by chucksinnc

Comment:
Grain is hardly visible and surely not essential here in otherwise very nice picture.

Window to Her Wondrous Soul
by lynnesite

Comment:
No grain here. It is really essential to meet a theme of a challenge. Otherwise we will have a huge heap of nice unsorted photos.

Horses love grain
by BrennanOB

Comment:
Very sad, melancholic horse. It is not easy to make grain work for you, but as I realized while casting votes, sometimes it makes a photo look more artistic, not documentary. It is like a prior notice: hey, look for a message, or mood, I'm going to tell you something. And this is why I love a mood of the horse, and it's not important, what are its nutrition preferences.