crystallized echinacea
by teranb

Comment:
Snow and ice are extremely hard to manage technically and this image is a great example of how that can be controlled with proper lighting and composition. Well done.

Blue Rays
by Structor

Comment:
The author thought the title out and the execution was perfect. Technically excellant. The image's overall impact and beautiful color shifts are captured effectively and efficiently. Very pleasing to the eye. Well done.

Dogwood
by Lydia

Comment:
Perfect - no matter how hard I try, I can't find a single flaw in either composition with zero technical flaws. Very evocative and the impact is startling - it's a wow factor image.

Pink Spotted Plant
by Dave57

Comment:
A different angle to reduce the white blooms would have improved this image tremendously - the whites are too severe and detract from the overall impact of the image.

A New Beginning for an Old Relic
by Shutter-For-Hire

Comment:
I can't stop laughing. Outside the scope of the challenge, but its laugh out loud funny and very cleverly executed. Who cares - give it a ten for execution.

Yesteryear
by dtremain

Comment:
I'd really like to give this a 9 or 10, but the minor shift in focus at the bottom mars an otherwise excellant image. Great use of DOF.

Inner Sanctum
by essay

Comment:
A perfect composition with a perfect title. A worthy contender for the top prize. Rich and effective detail with all the right components of technical perfection from bokeh to foreground.

Center of the Universe
by haze

Comment:
I want to know who keeps doing these minimalist images or flowers - outstanding work.

Lady Bug Ecosystem
by Michael_Boyet

Comment:
Do bugs quality as flora or fauna? :>) A nice moody piece. In this case, the soft focus on the leaf works, but the eye is drawn to the lady bug which is outside the context of the challenge. A nice composition, but misplaced in category.

Sunset
by evanescente

Comment:
Very dream like with one minor flaw that I'm not even going to mention because nobody but me would notice it. The soft subtle lighting and gentle color cast are extremely evocative and pleasing to the eye. Thisis another image that has a O'Keeffe feel to it - just on the edge of being abstract without drama - romantic in a way. Well done.