Dragon Breath
by Gatorguy

Comment:
Really cool. Too bad you didn't get the whole fireball in the frame, but cool nontheless. Good luck!

Rural
by eye has not seen

Comment:
This is either radically underexposed or you've really stomped on it in post processing. Either way it's far, far too dark and the colors are lifeless. Good luck.

concentration
by ursula

Comment:
Nice concept. Processing is overdone. Dodged out all details from the top of the fingers. Burned the bottom of the chin almost into the background. Neck is also burned a bit much making this look like a floating head. Slightly different angle would also have prevented the eyelashes of his right eye from appearing as a tuft of hair on the nose. Bit of haloing visible along the ridge of the nose and the outline of the hand. Overall, nice shot. No doubt it will score extremely well.

She
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
The lady in purple reincarnated as Ms Dodge and Burn. Good luck!

Purple Haze
by jdannels

Comment:
Not bad, not great, not very engaging. I wonder how this would look cropped down so the tree is more prominent and the purple tones dominate the sky rather than look like they are being crushed by that incoming wave of blue. Good luck!

edit: on uncalibrated piece of junk work monitor running 16 bit color, the sky is more purple than blue. Damn color management!

by ltlmschrisss

Comment:
I've just let all sorts of reds and pinks and all other sorts of colors pass as 'might possibly be purple' but I just can't see purple here. Speaking directly to the photo, it is very dark and unfortunately it appears as if you focused on the hair instead of the object in the foreground. Good luck.

Prestige
by DefyTime

Comment:
Very cool shot except for the white stem beneath. While you can't clone it out, orienting thing so it was at least a vertical line would help. It completely wrecks the effect of this shot. Great tones and shadows in the flower petals though. Good luck.

Curves
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
Cropped tighter, the curves, gradients and reflections might make for a very interesting shot. Cropped this way, I feel like I'm flipping through a catalog picking out a coffee mug to print my logo on. Good luck.

Aubergine and Garlic
by Germaine

Comment:
So rare to see an actual still life in a challenge. Interesting composition. Lighting could use a bit of work, and you might have made something in there that is purple a bit more prominent. Good luck.

Indigo Impressions
by GrayGhost

Comment:
nice colors, good concept. Would work a lot better if the reflection were a bit more out of focus so that the foreground object really had a chance to jump out. I also think it would increase the moodiness of the shot overall. nice work and a unique entry.