treeness
by posthumous

Comment:
Subtle and engaging in a way that draws me in and generates a whole series of imagined narratives. Wonderful that you can get this effect in basic editing. One of my top 4.

rose
by presley

Comment:
The flower has a lovely form, and the implied diagonal of dark negative space shapes are good, but the very bright light presents a difficult techincal challenge. Having black shadows with no detail at the same time as white flowers blown out with no detail tells us that the dynaimc range here exceeds what a digital or file camera can capture in a single shot. This requires either combining multiple images at different exposures (to compress the exposure range -read up on HDR, which can't be done in basic edit rules), or using manual settings to eliminate even more of the dark range, or on camera filters to help with that, or setting up something to shade the flowers, or using a dark cloth or different positioning or picking the rose (to remove the white flowers from view and isolate the rose) - anything to compress the dynamic range. Reducing exposure might have helped reduce that harsh color band on the petal edge (saturated red can be overexposed even when the camera's light meter thinks things are ok), and could have improved the white flowers if kept in the image. Looks like autofocus got hold of the leaf behind the rose (which may have some motion blur too), leaving the rose itself a blurry mess. Would have been much stronger with the main flower in focus. Consider using manual focus and a tripod and faster shutter speed, or whatever other technical control your camera allows for you to select where focus will happen and produce an image with exposure and sharpness worthy of your subject. Would predict a low score but a good learning opportunity.

The Calm Sea
by pall

Comment:
Amazing extraction of perfect lines and colors from an imperfect world. 10

Aria
by skewsme

Comment:
Lovely, echoing how dreams feel.

Unidentified Flying Pear
by hajeka

Comment:
Enjoying the irony of using a classic "still" life subject in a "motion" challenge. Nice graphic quality. Wish the highlight would be a little softer. 9

"Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the Convenience."
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Generates thoughts of the ordinary transitioning to the sublime (one of the best reasons for making an image). Placing this very high in my scores.

weed dance
by LevT

Comment:
Love the complexity emerging from such simple shapes and limited colors. The sense of depth and motion evoke compounded feelings -- mixture of peace and beauty with hint of mystery and perhaps sadness. Excellent image.

Mr. Nimbus
by odriew

Comment:
Back to bump up a point after finally seeing the face in the thumbnail. Full size, the drops capture the most attention, but the overall effect is interesting.

Inside Out
by Judi

Comment:
Masterful use of light and thoughtful capture of expression. The scattered leaves echo the sense of adolescent transition, and convert this from a standard portrait to a visual essay on changes as life goes on. All the more poignent knowing the dramatic changes you have experienced this year. Amazing image.

Twin Lens Reflex 1953
by Senay

Comment:
Actually holds interest for me, but compoistion might be stronger with upper white space cropped closer to the subject.