If you want to be irreplaceable then above all be different
by primabarbara

Comment:
I'm not crazy about the stylization of the text or the border choice, but I love the image and sentiment pairing. Great use of texture, color, and lifestyle evocation to make your point!

Space between
by Neat

Comment:
Another Anita signature--congrats! Such a dynamic capture, with such dreamy processing. You make it look so effortless.

Hoze testing time
by toutoungi

Comment:
Adding this one to my favorites. I'm sure the majority of the middling votes on this one derive from disagreements over the ability of a two-dimensional medium like still photography to adequately convey a sense of negative space on the z-axis. But I'm not interested in ruling on that. For me, the sense of movement/direction was weak in this composition, but the storytelling and literally everything else about it was so exceptionally stunning--up to and including the muted color tones and the inspired decision to leave (or add?) the slight off-balance tilt to the perspective, lending an otherwise candid moment an almost heroic verve.

Waiting for a break in the rain
by George

Comment:
Another in the challenge with wonderful sighting and storytelling. Congrats on the top ten!

... just enough
by PennyStreet

Comment:
There is truly wonderful storytelling in this frame. :-) Glad to see it in the top ten.

Summer hay operation
by kanaj

Comment:

Originally posted by glad2badad: Caught the farmer on break, eh? Too bad you couldn't have caught this while the tractor was moving with a slight dust trail behind it.

Actually, the tractor is moving fairly quickly in this photo, as far as a baling operation like this goes (notice the fresh bale dropping from the conveyor behind the implement). There wasn't much dust in this operation, though. These square balers just don't create as much of a cloud as the big round balers do, I guess. But these guys (and there were actually half a dozen more tractors, but I wanted to keep the frame cleaner to give more of a sense of space) were definitely NOT taking a break. :-P

Adventure? This direction!
by primabarbara

Comment:
This is a personal favorite for me in the challenge. I love the way the use of space in this image invites the question, "What are they seeing that has them so interested?" The storytelling possibilities are awesome. My only reservation is with the distracting "busyness" of color. I can't help but wonder if this is a case where a B/W conversion would enhance the storytelling. But that may be a personal preference.

see?
by mitalapo

Comment:
Awesome capture, and one that perfectly exhibits the theme of this challenge. I hope this one does very well.

Upper Falls View
by glad2badad

Comment:
Meets the challenge theme beautifully, and a gorgeous capture on the whole. Unfortunately, the processing is a bit heavy-handed for my taste. But it's still a personal favorite in this challenge for me.

Wide open
by LevT

Comment:
I think I would have opted for a softer editing aesthetic--purely personal taste. But in terms of addressing the theme of this challenge, this is easily my favorite of the bunch. It really conveys the vastness of the space in front of the subject and evokes awe and wonder. If only there was something on the horizon in the distance to serve as an exclamation point on the visual movement...