Pier Pressure
by PhilipDyer

Comment:
Like the leading lines and there's some nice patterns in this shot.

Hot Metal
by elizadeb

Comment:
Meets the challenge, but do not care for the effect applied to the shot.

Corn
by pointandshoot

Comment:
Looks like a corn field in hell or something with that crazy, evil sky. Don't care for the processing at all and find it impossible to get past. Good luck.

Ripples in Rhythm
by tfarrell23

Comment:
A nice, soothing scene which still meets the challenge. Good capture.

At One with the Sea
by fotofan

Comment:
Not sure if the choice of exposure was conscious here, but the hot spot in the upper right is pretty hard to get past. May as well have just jumped all the way in and gone for a complete silhouette of the girl (foregoing all detail on her) to bring the highlights of the scene undercontrol. If even possible. I think this might have just been an impossibly lit scene.

Largamente
by banmorn

Comment:
Meets challenge, lighting isn't bad, nicely focused. It's probably hard to find a novel approach to this sort of subject as its been done quite a lot, but this is pretty good.

Rhythm of the Waves.
by slytennis

Comment:
From the horizon up, this is a nice shot. Unfortunately what's below the horizon is the tie in to the challenge and there's some trouble there. Lots of overexposed spots on the waves, the big out of focus area in the foreground is disconcerting, and there's no strong presentation of wave like shapes themselves within the watery chaos. Do like those mountains though, and the sky is nicely captured as well.

Flavor
by Bugzeye

Comment:
Lighting is a bit harsh making all those little hotspots. Meets the challenge. Can't say I'm getting excited over it as it's been done with pencils and crayons and every other colorful thing, but this is ceratinly no worse than most of the other shots in this genre that I have seen before.

Stairway to the sky
by Scapeshots

Comment:
First thing I notice about this shot is the tilt. When all you've got to show the class is two shades of horizontal lines, 'horizontal' is a very important thing in my mind. Other than that, meets the challenge but doesn't offer much beyond that I'm afraid.

All Gone...
by Tiberius

Comment:
Not bad, not bad. Might work better with the first chair closer to the left edge of the frame, and what would be the harm in a smaller aperture giving my eyes the full line of chairs to feast upon in great detail? Like the tones here for some reason. Not usually a big fan of sepia but this is very appealing.