Portrait of a Pintail
by MaryO

Comment:
PostLuminous Award Nominee!
so well done!

silver lining
by tate

Comment:
PostLuminous Award WINNER!

breathtaking, superb, and extraordinarily well seen, composed, executed image

Fourth Avenue Abstractions
by bvy

Comment:
PostLuminous Award WINNER!

crazy cool image, outrageously under-rated

Blue is the New Green
by vw8802

Comment:
So, Blue is the New Green is the Igniter of Controversy! LOL This is a great image, very well done (somebody suggests clothing???) and, as I said earlier, I was glad to get to see it. Given the constraints of the challenge, I suspect it neither deserves 1's nor 10's, but I gave it a solid 6, and would have easily gone higher if it had been in the Free Study. Had your "wrap up your leftovers" comment been the title, it might have been received as a more humorous out of the box approach to the challenge.

I, too, look forward to more images from you.

Strife
by wanjun

Comment:
exceptionally well done! 8

Devilish
by purpleflutterby13

Comment:
quirky image, natural looking expression from the model, twinkling & smiling eyes 8

Her Smile
by jeger

Comment:
Those eyes, and the veiled smile, hint of a breeze.... really draws the viewer in.... nicely done. 8

Portrait of a Pintail
by MaryO

Comment:
okay, it would seem snarky to say this is the best Duck Portrait I have ever seen--since it is the ONLY duck portrait I have ever seen. So let me follow with: WOW--this is very out-of-the box: how many would have thought to do a Duck Portrait, and then if they did, how many would have done such a perfect and beautiful one? I am guessing the answer, amazingly enough is One, and then One again. And this is also, portraiture aside, this is the best image of a duck I have ever seen. 10

Mine
by MichaelC

Comment:
This image is drawing an unusual response from me: I love it one second, doubt it the next. It is without doubt lovely and luminous, sharp and stunning. And it almost seems too good to be true, as if it is made from a couple of images. Not that that should bother me, but it does. Either way, you did get to me, and made me pay attention here. 9

Leto - Summer
by Azrifel

Comment:
luminous, warm, well seen and well done. I might like to see the rest of her arm, but I don't think it is a deal-breaker :-) 8