Pink
by UrfaK

Comment by david_c:
I'm not certain flower shots are obligatory...but this one is very nice. Even lighting and a good DoF....as the previous commenter noted, the BG is a little distracting, maybe if you went shallower on the DoF, or burned the shadows a bit to make the pink flower stand out more.

Boatride
by UrfaK

Comment by david_c:
I would agree with the two previous posters...some cropping would really help this image. Get the boaters on one of the RoT intersections. I would hesitate to unsharp mask this, as there are already halo artifacts around the treetops.

Pink
by UrfaK

Comment by Trumpeteer4:
The flower is beautiful and nicely focused. The background is a bit distracting though.

Unwelcome
by UrfaK

Comment by digitalpins:
Great photo, I love the angle you shot it at and the texture...

Outtake.jpg
by UrfaK

Comment by jenesis:
The color really pops off of those wonderful dark textures. I like it! :)

WatchfulMother.jpg
by UrfaK

Comment by jenesis:
Wow! To come across a scene like this in the wild would be breathtaking. A beautiful moment you captured and Bah! if the others were blurry... it only takes one and this one is stunning. :)

RoadSideHorse.jpg
by UrfaK

Comment by cgino:
Very cool image! I love the overexposed background, makes it look like a hand-sketched backdrop rather than a real city street. I'd love to see the horse in color!

Baby Bananas
by UrfaK

Comment by lunachicken:
I had never seen a banana in the making until this picture. Very cool, and slightly unexpected.

Pink
by UrfaK

Comment by ryand:
really nice macro shot, nice bokeh, lovely color, and really like the border, very nicely done

None more Precious
by UrfaK

Comment by ErikV:
Hand and jewelry were very nice, but apple did not seem to fit in (the message you were trying to convey was too subtle for me and probably a lot of other voters). Substituting a gold orb (or something similar) for the apple would (and perhaps also a nicer surface) would have conveyed wealth in a more conventional sense and thus strengthened this considerably as a challenge entry.

If one gets away from the Wealth theme and just looks at the photo by itself, it is really nice -- great contrast between the nice jewelry, on the one hand, and the bad apple and ground, on the other.