Insanitea
by gyaban

Comment:
This was my only 10 in the challenge. A wonderful example of creativity and photography as art. I was certain this would be the blue but it's nice to see another great image of yours as a comeback after the recent DQ's. You are truly an inspiration. Keep it up!

ETA: My profile view shows 9 images wide.. I see you have 8 blues and 1 red on your profile as I see it... you'd better try harder next time and reach for that full spread of blue across the page!

Message edited by author 2011-03-08 11:49:56.

Exile
by peter

Comment:
Great leading lines and tones. Nicely balanced between ground and sky too. Not sure it needed the border really.

Let's sit and talk
by manish

Comment:
Nice to see something different to all the sunsets and portraits that always adorn the free studies. If I was being a tiny bit picky I would have taken 10 minutes to clone out the leaves at the top right to neaten up the image (perfectly allowed in advanced editing).

Windswept
by prperold

Comment:
There are always a hatful of beach/sun shots in the free studies - almost to the point of cliché. That said, this is by far and away the best I have seen for some time. Great leading lines, beautifully exposed, and the motion generated by the wind is sublime. I would like to see this on the front page.

Whatever Floats Your Boat
by hesitant

Comment:
Great vibrancy on the colours at the prow of the boat and I love the tones in the water - reminiscent of JulietNN's winner in the best of 2010 challenge. If I was being a tiny bit picky I'd clone out the two small boats on the right hand edge of the frame as they are minorly disctracting, but other than that a great shot and the clouds frame the rock nicely.

The Handsome Shoveler
by scooter97

Comment:
Really handsome yes! I would prefer however if the bird was over to the left of the frame flying into it and drawing you into the frame.

First Light
by cools98

Comment:
Nice lighting from the dawn sun. I feel though that this shot would benefit from the fence in the foreground being horizontal through the picture rather than the slight slope it is on.

Winter's Warmth
by ace flyman

Comment:
Lovely flow to the water but I really feel this would benefit from a bit of sky above to give the top of the falls some headroom.

Fresno Water Tower
by efren

Comment:
A great structure - I personally would prefer a much tighter crop discarding all the distracting elements around the edges.

sunset chaser
by blacksmyth2025

Comment:
Great silhouette with a nice dramatic sky. Have you tried it with the powerlines cloned out? Not saying it would be better, but just a suggestion.