Summer's End
by sibeling

Comment:
It almost looks like those flowers in the back are ascending to heaven ;-) Nice blue in the sky and nice colors overall. The background flowers are a little too well-defined for this challenge IMO, but there are a million opinions on the subject of good bokeh and mine is just one!

Near & Far
by laser

Comment:
Nicely echoed shape.

wild grapes
by dragonlady

Comment:
Nice subject and colors. The brighter bits in the background are a little overwhelming to my eye.

Natural Suspension
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Very nice find for this challenge! I can just barely see those threads suspending the twig and the background is nicely complementary, light and dark in all the right places.

Yellow Mountain Flower
by JLC

Comment:
Flower looks a little soft to me but the background is decidedly complementary in colors and tones. Would prefer that one bright vertical line on the left was following the direction of the other lines instead of crossing them, and I would rotate just a bit to put the stem smack in the corner and crop a bit more off the top for balance. Nice effect overall, despite my nitpicking.

Bokeh of Flowers
by SoulMan1978

Comment:
Nicely done, and I think it's more challenging to have the background use the same color as the foreground and still have the subject stand out so well. I might have rotated it a bit so the flower was primarily leaning into the picture instead of out of it; it just feels slightly off-balance to me compositionally. Excellent entry overall.

Serene
by superdave

Comment:
Lovely butterfly and I like the OOF lines drawing my eye back in to the main subject.

BLLLLLLLOBB
by mango

Comment:
I have no idea what I'm looking at (buttons, maybe?), but that's often fun ;-) Whatever they are they seem to be assembling out to infinity in a pleasing pattern.

A lovely branch
by onar

Comment:
It *is* a lovely branch, with echoes of the shape in the background. The very bright spots are a little too bright for my taste, but overall a lovely image.

Feathered-Friend
by stargazer05766

Comment:
My fave so far :-) Fabulous detail on the bird (look at that eye!!!) and the windblown feathers; like the composition with the curve of the branch, and the background sets it all off nicely, with the added bonus of the cream-colored patch matching the curve of the bird's cheek.