Oooo Shiny Shapes!!
by Givemeashot

Comment:
My eye doesn't know where to rest here; there's no focal point at all. Maybe one sequin of a different color (if you had one) somewhere, with the focus on that, would have helped? Clever idea. I like the red/pink.

peaks & valleys
by basicentry

Comment:
OK, I'm going to have to come back to this one after the challenge and find out what it is. :) Really a very visually interesting subject, well-lit with nice focus. I think I personally might have liked it even better if you'd cropped it below the blue corners. 7

At a Crosspoint
by lbn24

Comment:
I'm torn about the empty space here. Some suits this subject well, but I think there's maybe a little more than I would like best. Maybe a vertical crop from the bottom of the slope on the left, and a corresponding amount on the right? I dunno. The colors are pretty and I like the subject very much. Even the trees in the background, which might have been distracting, just (to me) give a nice sense of context.

Spike
by colourBlind

Comment:
nice macro!

Labyrinth (mushroom coral)
by redpanda

Comment:
Very interesting subject; makes me want to keep looking at it. :)

icicles
by ralph

Comment:
Wow! This just pops. Your focus is fantastic.

The Beehive Shape
by KiwiShotz

Comment:
What a dilemma. Go more panoramic and you have to lose height to meet the size requirement; a centered composition of this would be boring; and yet the way you've cut off the side makes it less visually startling as a shape. Still a very good image, and I think you chose the least of the three evils. (wish you'd left the tippy top intact, though.)

Circle Gets a Square
by ginjer

Comment:
Artistically, this is an excellent composition. I think for this specific challenge, though, if you'd found an equally compelling way to focus and compose it straight on, the shapes would have popped more. Nice work, though. I like the shallow DOF.

Going in Circles
by dstrahinov

Comment:
YES, beautiful. Perfectly composed, perfectly exposed, original and fun to look at. 10 from me; I can't find a flaw. Isn't it nice having things like this around to photograph? :)

Wind Farming
by Zippy

Comment:
Ooh yes. Very nice. Shame about the haze -- wouldn't it be nice if we could get our days to order when we wanted to go out shooting? But you've composed this beautifully. 8.