A Hope for New Life
by bruski

Comment:
Nice image, I wish it would have been sharper, then I would have rated it 2 higher I think.

Please Mum ...
by ScantyNebula

Comment:
This conveys the challenge's theme very well. I like the sharpness in it and the use of lights is great. the cat's right feet should all be in the frame.

Hope can't be chained
by arngrimur

Comment:
Very good, the contrast of the flower is great. Maybe if you would have cropped a little off the left and the top it could improve, I tried to hold something over those parts and I thought it improved.

Hoping for Forgiveness
by muur88

Comment:
I like this shot, the composition is very good, I would place this high although I don't think it will win a ribbon.

Sale 40% Off
by arngrimur

Comment:
original photo that conveys the theme of the challenge well.

FREE WILLY
by siggi

Comment:
Brave! Good photo, very good composition and crop. Good luck!

Out of the Dark
by smokeditor

Comment:
I like the composition, toning and lighting condition. Good photo, deserves to end up in top 10 imo.

Leaf
by Amason

Comment:
Well, this was a last "microsecond entry", the last hours I decided to to something for this challenge because a friend of mine loaned a macro lens to me, I got a good an idea working with leaves, worked with it for 2 hours and sadly it didn't work out very good.
Here in Iceland the challenge entry time is out at 4am. At almost 3:30 I was very disapointed with what I got so far, then I just thought I had to submit something, I didn't just been awake for no reason. So where I sat at my computer I took one of the leaves, but a hole in a paper and put the leaf there so it would be standing, moved a lamp to make this shadow and took some shots. Then I put the photos in the computer and was trying to decide which photo to submit. All of a sudden I saw that I only had few minutes 'till the submission time expired. I had to work very quick and when I was finally clicking on the submit button the time on my computer said 4:01am, and right after I clicked the button a error message came up that said the page requested couldn't be displayed because the submission time had expired. I was disappointed, decided to check out what others had submitted, and then I discovered that my photo was there in the challenge! The time must have expired just a microsecond after I submitted the photo.
I think the photo is technically ok, but it isn't interesting enough and didn't deserve a higher position. I don't complain about the 5.565/58% it got.

The Sapling
by Brad

Comment:
This is maybe the winner photo for this challenge imo. It is very well done, great lighting condition, great tones and contrast, good composition (a little more space above the girl's head would make it great), great idea that conveys the challenge's theme very well. I'll be disappointed if this will not have a ribbon at least. good luck!

Hoping it will last
by MotoCycleBoi

Comment:
I like this wedding shot, it could be a good idea to add some soft focus effect in it. Great composition, well done work.