Pink Lotus Flower
by Pattyd1230

Comment:
Magnificent - incredibly sharp focus. Love the water drops and the lighting. I wish the Stamen on the lower right werent dark / damaged

Morning Hummer
by SJCarter

Comment:
Its almost amazing how well the background mimics the bird... green below to match the green feathers, yellow top left to match the wing with the light shining through the feathers, blues top right to match the beak... Magical!
Not sure if the extreme highlights are blown or not but they are a little distracting

Summer night
by Glanni

Comment:
This hurts it is so nice! Lovely PP work. My only nit is the reflection of the biggest ice peak on the left is so much darker than the rest of the reflections. I still think it would have worked without making it that dark. Still an amazing shot though!

All Aboard!
by dgodard

Comment:
Lovely duotone and suits the image well. Composition is good but the shadows (front of train) lack a little detail

Reflections of Denver
by cellvian106

Comment:
Nice leading lines and exposure well controlled but for a "Best of" challenge it seems to be lacking a subject for the eye to be drawn to (like a bird in the sky above the left building)

Custodians Of The Land
by Stagolee

Comment:
Backlit subject with details in the face - a difficult yet well achieved result. I think the clothes of the man on the right needed to be lightened a bit becasue we cant see where the jacket ends and the pants begin. Composition is very nice though.

ALHAMBRA PALACE GRANADA
by tripodman

Comment:
Such a difficult scene to shoot. The extreme differences in stops of light with the bright wall and dark bushes, the lens distortion on the sides highlighted by the edge of the picture. The left wall looks almost blown to me and I guess people will complain about that - it distracts from the beauty of the garden and the water fountains

Half Dome, Meadow, Sunset
by elemess

Comment:
Just trying to help: Shadows are too dark, not enough contrast in the sky/clouds, foreground seems sharp (and maybe a bit too dark) but the distant mountains look soft

Winter Dreaming
by pmichaud

Comment:
Exposure controled very well - the snow isnt blown out and the shadows have some details - well done. I would have liked it a little sharper though and maybe had the composition a little over to the right to have the smaller building in the lower left third

Father's Love
by keeyew

Comment:
Interesting PP work and makes me wonder why you didnt soften the skin on the Mothers' belly and why you used a high contrast to highlight the line and belly button. The Father's arm looks a little plastic. That being said - its a very moody shot and you can relate to the feelings of the father.