The Raven
by jodis_eva

Comment:
Great silhouette effect against the sunset (sunrise?). Exposure is perfect and the bird is what makes this photo.

An Ordinary Duck
by train

Comment:
At first I was going to say this is a rather ordinary photo, but I do rather like how you've captured the ripples emanating out. A polarizer might have helped lessen the haze int he water at the top. I'd have also preferred to see the stray feather on the right side of the image cloned out. I say cloned rather than cropped, because cropping would have lost the symmetery of the ripples. The feather does seem to break the symmetry and the otherwise clean circles.

On the Wing
by jbsmithana

Comment:
Wow... great tone control. The left wing *almost* gets lost in the background, so I hope you're not getting clobbered by users with uncalibrated monitors. Kudos for such a great capture of this bird in flight, too.

Seagull
by whiterook

Comment:
Sorry, but this feels rather like a snapshot to me. The roadside guardrail is a huge distraction and the saturation on the blue and/or cyan looks like it has been pushed up way too far, which tends to bring out sensor noise besides giving the ocean a "fake" look. The photo definitely meets the challenge, but it does nothing beyond that. A great photo should usually stand on its own.

Too Shy
by bubeltrubel

Comment:
Very moody and the duotone adds to this.

The Proud One
by andrewt

Comment:
Very powerful image. Great DOF and "pose."

Hummer at rest
by ShutterHack

Comment:
Nice photo, but it feels crowded on the left and right sides relative to the top and bottom. If you had the option of pulling out further I might have liked to see that, otherwise a more square crop by bringing the top and bottom closer may have worked equally well. I also think the bright purple inner border is a slight distraction.

Childs Play
by Judi

Comment:
I like the motion you've captured, and the double-rainbow, but I'm afraid the post-processing gives the children almost a CGI look. Still a good shot overall.

Lace
by RKT

Comment:
Excellent exposure control.

Vintage Ornaments
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Very nice photo, Karen... I love the dreamy feel to it... the duotone was a great choice. Congrats on the well-deserved red blue ribbon!