Spades
by mitalapo

Comment:
Love it - clever and funny.

Shell
by DistantColours

Comment:
I had to come back to this a couple of times as I couldn't make up my mind if the top of the image works for or against the overall merit of the image. I've settled on work against - everything else just seems to perfect then you view the top and you kind of question why you think that way. I think it's the imperfection as compared to the rest of the image that is annoying. Also the whites are just a tad over done.

Auntie Hazel was such an old sourpuss
by mefnj

Comment:
HA!! Love it - very clever and another good example of outside the box thinking. Excellent.

kaleidascope
by tanguera

Comment:
Looks almost like back scatter interference from a electron microscope. Very simple and elegant - nothing wrong from an artistic or technical standpoint, it is just uninteresting to this observer - no pop or wow factor.

Ganesh Mandala
by dougi555

Comment:
The one little reflected light is over done and ruins the overall effect. Others may disagree, but I think a little less white bloom would have been much better. The color is great - love the earthy tone to it.

Dots
by tamatama

Comment:
I can't decide if the center focus distracts or adds to this image. From an artistic point of view, this is an interesting image and it's technically competent, I just can't decide if I like it or not. Always error on the side of the author - in this case an 8 instead of a 6.

flowers reflected
by Lawton

Comment:
A little less busy and this would have been a terrific image.

Scavenger
by Bear_Music

Comment:
The tire and buoy shadows make this a very attractive image. The two ropes on the other hand distract from the image - they just look weird where the join was made. Other than that, it's a very elegant and simple image that has a great deal of pleasing tones and color. Very nicely done.

Unnatural Landscape
by tvsometime

Comment:
I wonder if the author noticed the gate like outline at the bottom of the image in the center - that makes the whole difference in this image. I can imagine this as a cover image for a fantasy novel or horror movie. Really nice image although it's a little busy around the edges of the central subject. Still, a good entry into the challenge.

Club that Seal, Boy
by raish

Comment:
At first I liked this - still do, but the cut and paste is way too obvious as the edges are much too sharp - distracts from the image as a whole. There is also a slight feathering around the cut outs which is the result of over sharpening - or it looks like over sharpening.