Pursuit of Clouds
by ShannonLee

Comment:
I gave this a 7, which is a very high score from me on a landscape, since landscapes usually bore me, even when they're pretty. This one's got some good energy from the crashing wave, the reflections and the crazy clouds.

...hush now...
by sadiebird

Comment:
I think it's wonderful to use pastel colors to create an effect not usually associated with pastels, but that is way beyond the proto-neanderthal understanding of the average dpc voter. I personally gave you an 8.

Yellow Umbrella
by Breeee123

Comment:
nice sunny glowing effect. she looks as pretty as the print on her umbrella. I gave this an 8

Pleasant Bay at Dusk
by Bear_Music

Comment:
a really nice set of balls! I gave this an 8.

Yellow Jacket
by Rebecca

Comment:
I loved your 50s effect. The pastels were on the girl herself. The balloon has pastel colors but they are darkened. This creates a wonderful, suspenseful effect... ominous... which matches her expression. I gave this a 9.

Seagull Boy
by Juca

Comment:
your processing has achieved a pastel effect, even if it is in earthtones. The unusually high angle sets this apart from Cutter's wonderful photo. This is disorienting without needing to be quite as kinetic as his. 9

Nature's Brush
by CEJ

Comment:
the obscurantism of the clouds and the bright colors of the rainbow combine to give a sense of pastel. The composition is a thrilling, glorious mess of abstraction. 9

softly
by rinac

Comment:
Simple enough, but very well executed. The softness is tangible. :) 9

asleep
by chele

Comment:
this picture rocks! the orange of the cat is so rich, and is framed by a simple yet fascinating composition of horizontal fields. I "discovered" you in the pastels challenge and now I'm making you a favorite. You do good work!

powder (blue) room
by chele

Comment:
this is so painterly, such an elegant composition, such a transformation of your surroundings. I love the yellow that seems to only appear when activated by sunlight, as opposed to the stolid blue where you would least expect it: on the ceiling, a sad imitation of the sky. The light bulb sun emits no light, just feeds off what comes through the window. This photo, so poignant, is one of my ribbon winners and perhaps the blue ribbon (fortunately, I don't have to make that decision). 10