Life goes on
by marcusvdt

Comment:
I like this for not being just pretty! The shapes in the composition are pleasing to me, and the lighting is good, but it's your choice of subject I like best. The dying bananas and the climbing (purple potato?) vine are a nice contrast to make your point, and the colors work well enough together for the challenge.

Dreamtime
by sherpet

Comment:
Nice and cheery; unique subject and good color contrast.

Grinch Tidings
by get04rit

Comment:
Simple and lovely. Great lighting on the ornament.

Colors of Christmas
by sfmorris

Comment:
Really like the lighting on this one, and the softness.

Pond Prejudice
by actnout

Comment:
I don't blame them. Only another Muscovy would find him attractive! If you've got the detail I'd go for a tighter crop; the goose looks particularly haughty and I'd love to see that better.

Black Friday Blues
by scarbrd

Comment:
Aww, poor little guy. I can just see him in the same pose on year after year of Black Fridays, without the stuffed animal for most of them ;-)

I'm so blue
by bboh

Comment:
My favorite of the candy shots (don't you hate it when a bunch of other people have similar ideas?). The blatant differentness of the blue M&M works nicely to convey the challenge topic, and I like its placement in the frame.

Being Different Doesn't Make You Worth Less
by IlAshes

Comment:
Lovely sentiment, very nicely conveyed. Lighting, DOF and POV all enhance the image.

One for all, all for one
by Prof_Fate

Comment:
There is a lot to like about this. At first glance I thought the spectator had her head turned in the same direction as the portraits, but then realized that was an optical illusion of sorts. Kudos on getting just the right angle to do that. The painting looks cockeyed and the horizon isn't level, but somehow that isn't bothering me, and the frame echoing the portrait frame is a nice touch. My first inclination was to say her posterior should be cropped out, but on reflection everything about her - fuschia sweater, too-tight pants, oddly magenta tint in her hair - is sort of the antithesis of the noble, gently lit, subtle tones of a Rockwell. She doesn't belong with those she contemplates. I wonder what she was thinking?

Can you see him, too?
by shalrath

Comment:
I see Santa is given a wide berth. Great shot :-)