Evening Swim
by amber

Comment:
magical

The Ultimate Fight: Nature Against Men’s Pollution
by Alain

Comment:
abstract, painterly... good work.

Le Voyeur
by Rebecca

Comment:
your new shot is better. There is much more of a sense of "looking." this would have been one of my personal ribbons if I had voted in this challenge.

'til autumn claims your leaves
by chele

Comment:
Isn't it funny when people are telling you what's wrong with your picture and those are exactly the things that make your picture a compelling and original work of art?

Untitled
by zardoz

Comment:
I love love love this. It definitely would have made my front page. It looks like an 18th century illustration of a colonial farm.

The Last Tree in the Known Universe
by stare_at_the_sun

Comment:
this rocks. did you try cropping off the sides? I might like that even more.

The Guardian
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
powerful, exciting image. I'm surprised it didn't do better. Maybe it was the foreground blades of grass. silly, silly voters.

Hope For Tomorrow
by taterbug

Comment:
there's a strange halo around the girl. too much of the vaseline filter? otherwise, a great shot.

Oasis
by MichaelC

Comment:
phenomenal. should have scored higher. what a visual relief in the context of this challenge.

Open Goal
by Imagineer

Comment:
fascinating. the goal reminds me of Wallace Stevens' jar in Tennessee. It changes everything around it.

Anecdote of the Jar

I placed a jar in Tennessee,
And round it was, upon a hill.
It made the slovenly wilderness
Surround that hill.

The wilderness rose up to it,
And sprawled around, no longer wild.
The jar was round upon the ground
And tall and of a port in air.

It took dominion every where.
The jar was gray and bare.
It did not give of bird or bush,
Like nothing else in Tennessee.

Wallace Stevens