African Lion Safari
by chris_clarry

Comment:
The lush green foliage is a nice setting. But the model looks a little plastic in texture. I think for a Zen subject, holding a single leaf and looking with a single eye might have been better. Something which removes the majority of the background but ends up giving a richer viewing experience.

FootPrint.jpg
by VanBergen

Comment:
"Man Friday, I presume."

Cooling Lava
by staab

Comment:
Pahoehoe lava, ropey lava. It flows and looks like coils of rope. That's the nature of basaltic lava, not very viscous. Therefore basaltic volcanoes tend to be rather sublime in their erruptions - rather than the Mt St Helens' type which is highly viscious andesitic and tends to explode. Standing on a moving lava flow can be fun. Try it sometime!

Enforcer
by JPR

Comment:
So when you got out of the hospital, after the police had smashed the tripod over your head, you found that one image remained on the CF card - this was it, right? The photo sums up NYC since Bloomberg bought the mayoral position.

zen
by JPR

Comment:
Do you want someone to say, why oh why did you not enter it? It's zen, so you didn't and thereby you won your own unique challenge. Capital ZEN or is it spelled XEN in these weird days? JPR, you should not be so protective of your photos. It is a shot worthy of entering.

Zen Photography
by MayaM

Comment:
Very pleasant depth of field and colours. The rocks are a little too new and freshly cut to be truly zen in nature. But you did not build the location for the shot! 8.

Aramoana
by Lozza

Comment:
Out into the water above the merest ripple. A very pleaceful feeling. I spend many a day on such a jetty in Vermont in the summer. 9.

Balance
by aberration

Comment:
One of the best in this type of the challenge. You at least understand the principles of balance and sizing, natural and unnatural positions. 8.

Steps for meditation
by imagine74

Comment:
The rustic masonary and the smoothness of nature's sky and sea make a nice combination. 8.

Coasting Free
by Transit

Comment:
the way the boat's shadow is attached to the dark border gives this photo the appearance of a symbol, perhaps a Q. It is a pleasing effect and unites all the elements within. 9.