Channeling My Inner Tree
by glad2badad

Comment by kanaj:
I definitely responded to this one. Congrats on a well-earned ribbon!

Channeling My Inner Tree
by glad2badad

Comment by jmsetzler:
Perfect... this is the only photo I gave a 10 in this challenge.. nice work!

Get your boots on!
by glad2badad

Comment by Barroness:
Line dancing, Wow terrific for this challenge. Lots of cool. CowBoy boots. This is a really good image.

Channeling My Inner Tree
by glad2badad

Comment by Barroness:
This is a really nice image for this challenge. Looks like the world at your finger tips. Your image is very well executed and perfect for this challenge, I like the stretching of your arms and the long shadow.

Portrait of Nature
by glad2badad

Comment by Barroness:
The monochromatic coloration is beautiful against the lighting and slight bokeh background. I wish this wasn't so centered but I still like it a lot.

Narrow Passageways
by glad2badad

Comment by Barroness:
Very Narrow, she almost touches the side walls. Congrats top 10

Portrait of Nature
by glad2badad

Comment by noraneko:
Subtle yet lovely. The bokeh to the side of the stalk is gorgeous

Channeling My Inner Tree
by glad2badad

Comment by KristjanUnnar:
Very clever & creative, good job!

Shower
by glad2badad

Comment by Barroness:
Refreshing and invigorating

another page in their story
by glad2badad

Comment by glad2badad:
Oops. I hadn't really expected follow-up comments from the forum thread to show up here. Thanks for taking a look.

I'm embarrassed to say that this photo was more of an outtake/shoehorn than one specifically shot for this challenge.

We happened to be at an interesting location, and I'd taken a handful of photos during our visit (including the one I used for Architecture - which WAS intentional).
I loosely based my 'go ahead and use it' criteria on the three primary groups of people. Do they match/balance to scale? No. I just found it interesting. Although, when I pulled this up on my calibrated monitor, I nearly gasped at how bad I'd mangled the post-processing on it using my laptop! :-}

I also agree with your assessment that a slight crop would have helped. A 5:4 ratio in place of the 4:3 ...