Cassis
by black_count

Comment:
What a beautiful town. Could be seen as more urban than rural, but not a big deal. Nice blues (polarizing filter?). Slight tilt, could use a bit of rotation to the left. Overall very appealing!

Small Town, PA
by escapetooz

Comment:
I think in the interest of punching this up you went to the artificial extreme. Oddly interesting, candy-colored view.

Looking towards the sky in a concert jungle
by tjmueller

Comment:
I like your composition, but I think you fell into the oversaturation trip. The blue sky looks artificial and the blue reflections look painted on.

The Forgotten Farm
by hfriesen

Comment:
Wrong challenge, I guess! Anyway, pretty subject, I like the waving wheat, and nice juxtaposition of the old and new subjects.

Several problems: seems to lack sharpness - might be a resizing issue. Horizon line is centered, conventional wisdom says it is more visually interesting if the horizon is on one of the "thirds." Also, exposure is a bit blown out in the clouds.

Cool Evening
by jjusa

Comment:
Nice "glow"; the composition harmed perhaps by the centered horizon line. Seems to lack clarity -- may be a resizing issue. The frame actually improves the photo for once. I admit I'm a little tired of blue-toned boat scenes in general (see hotpasta's work).

Rural gouging
by seasaw

Comment:
Sorry, DNMC. A landscape should be somewhat scenic, even if showing a detail of a view. Besides, there is nothing here that says "rural" to me. I wonder, why the negative image?

There is Hope in Faith
by lovemelvin

Comment:
Congrats on your blue. Lovely, personal image.

Faith
by Tallbloke

Comment:
So happy this did well -- I love the humanity of this photo, and it was one of my top few for this challenge. Congratulations!

-Humility-
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Congrats on your red ribbon! Not to take away anything from #1, but I voted this "best in show."

Spanish Beauty
by citymars

Comment:
Mephisto, I added some camera settings to the photo info above. Yes, it seems impossible I blurred the shot with these settings, but I did! She was surrounded by a small group of friends and everyone was moving around, so I was literally trying to focus and shoot between people.

Bernard, thanks for your comment, too. Much appreciated.

Message edited by author 2008-07-01 19:02:13.