Sunny October Maple
by Rebecca

Comment:
gorgeous. the leaves look like explosions of color. then you have the swirls of color in the sky and the branches are lines of color. It's like a Jackson Pollack!

Tiger jump - desat
by ShutterPug

Comment:
beautiful composition. you almost get away with that cheesy desaturation effect (honestly, it's used all the time around here but how often in magazines do you see it, besides perfume ads?)

Emma
by Melethia

Comment:
a lovely collection of light tones, a nice composition, and a pretty cat. too bad I wasn't around to vote.

Java Man
by scalvert

Comment:
This image is well-composed, conveys a lot of "personality" from the subject, and is funny as heck. Great shot.

Celestial Path
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
I'm sorry I didn't vote on this challenge. I think this is a beautiful picture.

reaching toward the heavens
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
actually, the dark shape of the leaves creates an obstacle to heaven, which is what makes this picture so interesting, and vertiginous. Nice.

Preaching of life and death
by pmotta

Comment:
great shot except for that horrid backpack.

Tefiliah
by Teedoej

Comment:
the wailing wall? if so, it's the best picture of the wailing wall I've ever seen.

Long Exposure
by Rgarcia

Comment:
this is a fascinating image. It looks like a modernist collage.

French Bull
by undieyatch

Comment:
I love this and it was a particularly inspired choice for the challenge it was in. In this case, "negative space" is the white floor, which is made into an exciting shape by the black rectangles cutting into it. Dangling in this negative space are feet (which in dreams often represent the phallus) and testicles. Here we have the battle between black and white, death and sex! It's epic, man!

Notice the dog is in a posture of sleep. Is this all his dream? Are we all his dream? Or is this our dream? The dog simply is, his ass presented to us in a gesture of submission to his fate... but do not be mistaken, this is courage not cowardice. The French Bull is our hero. He lies at the center of our perception. He is we as we are he and we are all together. Goo goo ga joob!