Dandy
by Melethia

Comment:
You are really doing some fantastic b/w's. Are you using Nik Silver Efex on these? I'm trying to improve my b/w's, and I have improved, but I can't seem to achieve anything that looks even close to this.

I Wish I Could Be Child Again (A Dream of Flying)
by mato

Comment:
Very effective use of lens flare.

Ayatollah Godzilla
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Now THAT is scary.

Early
by Chinarosepetal

Comment:
I like this because of the wonderful fog and the dimension it gives to this landscape. Composition-wise, I felt my eye being drawn both to the mountains and to the line of fog shrouded trees in the foreground. Neither stood out as the main subject over the other. I'm not a big fan of square crops and I will only use one myself when nothing else seems right for it. Not sure if it was the best here or not. I'd have to see the uncropped image. The overall appearance struck me as similar to a shot I posted in a side challenge recently.


The gold tone might be a little strong for some viewers, but my own entry is a rip-your-eyes-out-of-the-sockets color, so who am I to nitpick that aspect?

In spite of some aspects that did not work for me, this got a reasonably high vote from me because the aspects that I did like worked very well for me.

~ Serenity ~
by Ja-9

Comment:
I'm not a big fan of floral shots, mostly because I find it is just too easy to get an attractive photo of a pretty flower, so when I vote on one, there has to be something well done to make it stand out to me. The composition is spot-on rule of thirds and leads my eye nicely through the frame. The treatment and light is nice, being just soft enough to be pleasing, but still has lots of details showing. (I love to see lots of fine detail). The border didn't have much effect on me one way or another, but it probably does add a nice touch. I think the objection to it may be that it overlays with the actual subject matter. I really can't find anything to nitpick about here, and I gave this a very high vote.

Nature's umbrella
by Kelli

Comment:
I like the tones and the way the light is hitting this. There is, of course, a lot of sepia being seen in this challenge, but when working on my own entry, I realized this is because brownish tones enhance many images quite well. It is just what works. The distinctive appearance of the caps of the 'shrooms suggests to me that you may have used a Topaz product on this. About my only real nitpick is that I find it cropped a little too tight for my own preferences. I gave this one a fairly high vote.

A moment of inner peace
by Giorgio

Comment:
I wonder what the story is?

Eye Pods
by dainmcgowan

Comment:
A fun and unique view of the eye. Extra pointage for originality. Seeing how close you were, I'm curious if you had any trouble with the police trying to chase you and your camera away. I recall a huge stink about that with a couple of DPC'ers several years ago.

June Gloom in Southern California
by jumboshrimp

Comment:
Watch the JPEG compression. I see some artifacts around the tip of the land and a 47k file size says you could have easily avoided it with less compression.

Blue Heron
by ace flyman

Comment:
Your treatment makes it a purple heron. (Well purple-ish...)You've invented a new breed!