Welcome to New York
by AP

Comment:
love the use of diagonals to draw the eyes all over the screen. i am not sure about the lamp post with its significant distortion, but the photo as a whole is very cool - 8

2D with 3D viewpoint
by Anand

Comment:
love this take on the challenge - very creative shot

Larger Than Life
by MaryO

Comment:
well composed shot - but i am not a big fan of pictures of sculptures

duo
by arm66

Comment:
nice point of view but the oversaturated greens don't work for me

Prey's Point of View
by macleodn

Comment:
a good idea but the focus doesnt seem to be on the eyes

B&W_hand_9469.jpg
by dsterner

Comment:
Deb - this clearly shows the textures so much better than the color. nice job on the b/w conversion - nice and contrasty!

hand_9469.jpg
by dsterner

Comment:
Deb - the light sure does pick up the textures in the skin on your hand. I really think that a b/w image would work much better here - the color actually distracts the viewer. By desaturating carefully in PS using single color channels, you may be able to draw more of the texture out.

As far as subject - a portion of a hand is not a particularly exciting subject. This likely has a bit to do with why you have not had many comments.

I have tried a hand at a b/w processing and cropped it down a bit - What do you think? Does is jump more and show the lighting better? Maybe...

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Amongst the Stars
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Scary cool image - I gave this a 9 but didn't have a chance to comment during voting. I really think what sets this one apart for me is the recurring yet differing shapes - the stars from the pines and the brown leaf as the main subject with the other green one in the background. The warmth of the colors is another selling point. I do think that the reddish brown section in the upper left tends to pull my eye away a bit, but I like the shapes so much!

Frangipani abstract
by hkimagery

Comment:
I really liked this one a great deal (in fact I was your 10). I thought it was a risky take on the challenge. It was clear to me that you intended to have the focus so that the petals were drawing us in and I clearly got the idea of watercolor or impressionism.

Dry old leaf
by IreneM

Comment:
Fantastic job - you did take a risk, but with a quality photo like this using excellent skill and composition, your risk sure paid off. Congrats!