Alone I Stand
by hokie

Comment:
Lovely use of grayscale here. Couple of things that hold this photo back. First, it appears to be ever so slightly leaning to the right. Just enough to be noticeable, particularly because the trunk of the tree is very visible for its full height. A greater distraction is the unnecessary amount of foreground here. Cropping the shot directly below the large dark oval about 2 inches from the bottom of the photo (where things begin to become focused) would be more appealing. The out of focus dark mass at the bottom doesn't really do anything here but distract the eye. I do think the large amount of negative space above the tree works well. Good luck.

ASH ENT (L.O.T.R)
by Kronus

Comment:
Very harsh lighting which produces some unappealing shadows. Very cluttered photo with no real subject as the crop has presented a mass of tree and leafs and other bits and pieces but no one thing to grab the eye. Overexposed, or nearly overexposed, blob of sky on the left is also a bit of a distraction. Good luck.

Between the Peaks
by jfwolpert

Comment:
Nice concept. One thing that hurts this photo is the 'peaks' being the same height as the tree and the fact that 80% of the shot is blue sky. Do not care for the glow around the tree. It appears unnatural because if that were backlighting from the sun, the faces of the hills would be more shadowed and the clouds would not have shadows on their bottoms. Anyway, would like to see this if it were shot from closer to the tree and from an angle that maximized the height of the surrounding hills. The sky does nothing here but minimize everything else so losing a very large part of it would be a good thing.

HOOPS
by Breeee123

Comment:
Great shot and a well deserved ribbon (should have placed 1st!)

...
by -Bec-

Comment:
Very saturated, so much so that the water has gone purple as well.

Cross
by Tiberius

Comment:
Very cool shot. Love the grainy looking Bw processing. No complaints really, you really nailed it. 10.

In Shadow
by debitipton

Comment:
Nice portrait. Really good lighting. Might be even better if that just visible part of his shoulder were shadowed completely but still, very good work.

Heads up!
by carrera

Comment:
Lol what an expression.

Ale time from days of old
by photomankc

Comment:
Little heavy on the neatimage but what a great rack. Err, I mean good job of putting her rack on the intersection. Damn it, I mean her rack. FACE. I mean face. Good job.

thinking of better times
by saintaugust

Comment:
I think he's a bit south of the intersection but whatever, this is a great shot.