Murder on Montrose Way
by LevT

Comment:
Hmmmm, I just saw this one "elsewhere" (minus the border thingies). You look quite good as a noir character. My "gripe", the pictures in back on the shelf look too modern.

dawn
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Very beautiful. I like it just the way it is. Doesn't seem to be a great fit for the challenge topic, but most images in the challenge are not that strong on topic. ~10

Claustrophobia
by ecmguy

Comment:
It does give the feeling of claustrophobia a bit, and it is a nice play on the topic for this challenge. I find the clouds a bit strange ... they are blueish at left and at far right, but grey in the middle right. The bright colours combined with the grey overall works well in this case. ~8

Don't Look Down?
by sjhuls

Comment:
I love her expression, and I really like it that the whole outfit is sorta a climbing outfit (although the boots are more hiking boots I think). Good control of light also. What I don't like so much is the rotation. Yes, nothing in the challenge description said you couldn't rotate, but in this case it just doesn't make sense. It simply feels like a gratuitous rotation, to fit the image into the challenge. Sorry. ~5

Belle
by stantheman1313

Comment:
Nice play on the challenge topic. Beautiful playful title also. The blues are good, and the little bit of dusk salmon on the horizon makes the image pop. I like the blur of the two people walking up the hill at far left ... it makes the whole scene less static. ~7

The Stringy-Bark Tree
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Beautiful photo. I am not sure how it fits with the challenge though. To my liking, there also is a bit too much sky - trimming it down so that the sky portion is only about 1/3 of the frame works better visually, for me. The sky has a few slightly blown areas that (what I assume is) the HDR treatment doesn't hide. The fog areas are fantastic. ~7

Mountains
by otto22

Comment:
Beautiful! Congratulations.

Tipping Point
by hahn23

Comment:
A scene that would normally be photographed in landscape orientation, photographed in portrait mode instead. It's a fit for the challenge.

As a photo though, it's nice, but it isn't a spectacular landscape or action photo. It has a nice Summer memories quality about it. In spite of it being in portrait mode for the challenge, this is one of those that would benefit from being in landscape orientation (as a photo, not as a challenge entry). A tricky challenge for sure :)

Speechless
by michaelmonn

Comment:
I am not sure how this addresses the challenge topic except for it being a "portrait" in "landscape" orientation. I guess, as such, it fits.

As to the picture, it's kinda funny. The expression is nice, you got your model to actually try and show speechlessness not only with his hand over his mouth, but also with his eyes - that's excellent! As a portrait though, the light is flat and the background is quite distracting. ~6

One Man's Trash...
by colorcarnival

Comment:
I love it when people make pictures of everyday objects, and make them look like something spectacular. This is one of those. A simple plastic bottle, but it looks so beautiful here, with that angled bright light coming at it and shining through it, and with the blurred, almost moving background.

The composition is just right. The bottle, personifying an observer, is looking at yet pulling away from a wildish scene, awed to the point of bending backwards by that light. OK, so I'm exaggerating, but that's what it looks like. I love the sharp and more coloured bottle cap, a perfect topper to the whole thing.

As for fit to the challenge topic, like many pictures in the challenge it plays with horizontal/vertical without strongly addressing the topic, but well enough to fit. ~9