Pipes
by Brin

Comment by SandyP:
Wow! We need 4 ribbons in this challenge. Nothing like a little brotherly competition here, huh? :) This is FABULOUS!

Moment in time
by Brin

Comment by pamelasue:
nice composition, I like the way the horse's mane seems to match the colors in the clouds ... well done

Moment in time
by Brin

Comment by angkokweng:
Nice capture. I can tell that you used flash but the exposure is nicely done.

Moment in time
by Brin

Comment by kaiser_chief:
Just having a quick look at all thumbnails and this jumped out. Exactly what I thought should be presented in the challenge. Subject is naturally backlit, photo exposed for the sky and surrounding landscape, and the subject then correctly exposed through the use of fill flash. Perfect match for the challenge.
Might be a little too closely cropped both top and bottom, but that is just me.
Great Submission. Really Stood out

Pipes
by Brin

Comment by Lonni:
Beautiful. Irene?

Pipes
by Brin

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Very smooooothhhh looking and sharp. The image itself does not make me go "wow!", but you did a great job on capturing this perfectly.

Red Leaf
by Brin

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Excellent focus that produced some very nice and very, very crisp lines. The color that you managed to reproduce is beautiful and remarkably vivid. I also like that the eye really only sees three colors in this one; the red, the white, and a burgundy. The technicals are the strength of this image, in my opinion.

Lighting: Wonderfully backlit! I like the fact that the light underneath the leaf almost perfectly silhouetted the veins of the leaf.

Composition/Content: Also very nice. I like the angle that you have composed this as the point of the leaf grabs the eye and pulls it right up to the stem, allowing it to roam through the color and leaf veins as it passes.

My Opinion: 5.88 seems a bit low for this one. It is a very common subject, but it was reproduced very nicely. The voters here rarely subtract for images that have been seen before, and this one was done to meet the challenge very well. Had I voted in this challenge, this would have been one of my 6s, more than likely. The voters' average overall is generally a bit more generous than the votes that I give, so I am surprised that this one didn't finish better.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Pipes
by Brin

Comment by nlghttrain:
very clean and straight forward shot, but it is not evoking any thought or emotion in me

Pipes
by Brin

Comment by KarenNfld:
One of my favourites in the challenge. Love the tones. Yanko perhaps?

Adagio
by Brin

Comment by Elaine:
I really love the colors and the overall mood. My favorite shot in this challenge.