cool water
by Lawton

Comment:
The over-use of filters will probably kill your score. I love the tonal qualities, and the dreamy feeling of some of the blurry areas. I would have cropped a bit tighter so that the glass is the same on each side (or not in there at all).

-not participating

Quiet Calm
by markwiley

Comment:
beautiful shot, lovely colors. I think I would have liked to have seen the exposure bumped up just a tad bit, and cropped a little tighter on the right, and it'd be excellent. 7

--not participating

Just Chillin
by briandsd

Comment:
If you were to rotate this 90^ counter-clockwise, it'd look like it was doing pushups. :D ((also, are those egg clutches on the body??))

Okay, from a technical standpoint, this image is good, but not great the focus is on point, exposure is good, color works. Other than that, it feels a bit dull. I don't really get the importance of the dragonfly-- that is to say, it doesn't really say anything special, and as such, the expectation is that everything else would have to be PERFECT. I think that compositionally it's a bit dull, and the background doesn't sing. To me, the most interesting thing in the photo isn't actually the dragonfly, it's the blade of grass/plant and how the lighting falls and casts shadows/highlights on itself. The slight rotation of the grass seems weird, but I can understand your reasons for not straightening in PP.

overall, not bad, but not mind-blowing either. 5

--Not participating.

Grass & Sky At Avebury Stone Circle
by SteveJ

Comment:
The use of a polarizing filter would make your greens more saturated, and the sky have more contrast. I like the vertical nature of this, but I think I would have cropped a little tighter to remove the family on the left. The road in the center could be an interesting leading line/path to follow. I think what this needs is something in the foreground, a point of interest that is more inviting and leads you into the vastness of the trees/sky.

--not participating.

Flowers in Cool Mood
by amnon

Comment:
I don't mind the abstract nature, but I wish there was a little bit more sharp of a focus in this. The gradation in tone from left to right is really nice, I love some of the darker blues in there. There's a reflection (cabinet?entertainment center?) that is slightly rotated and is distracting (as it's a semi-recognizable object). Dig it, keep it up.

The Net
by MArteSi

Comment:
Quite an interesting architecture. Nice shadow and tone. I find the lovely blues and greens in the lower left hand corner to be MUCH more interesting than the mostly straight architectural elements. It fits the challenge, but I don't feel a huge connection with the photograph. I don't know what it is, but it's missing that one OOMPH that would push it up. I'll come back again before the challenge is over. --Not Participating

Cool with a little Warmth
by Ammie

Comment:
I find the HDR in this to be slightly distracting. If you follow the Shepard's eyes, it sends you into the land of evil red halo's. In terms of the challenge-cool colors, the foreground is quite mute, but when you go to the sky, the colors seem hyper-real, with the halo's creating shapes all of their own. ((I love how the dog found the only wet spot to stand in))Overall, It's not terrible, but it has some post processing that doesn't agree with my taste --Non-Participant

Budding Spheres
by GeneralE

Comment:
I really enjoy this, especially the more grainy bits. I agree with PennyStreet as well.

Disassembled Melodica
by upturnedface

Comment:
I don't see what the DOF is doing in this image. I feel like there should be a reason why that particular point is important and should be the focal point. I would have liked to have seen the black object on the left in focus instead, it draws more power to it because it's so much more different than everything else in the image.

It seems strange that this is on a wrinkled blue blanket.. I don't normally think of that when I think about music. I think it would have been fine if it didn't add wrinkles (added shadows/added meaning).

Screws uprising
by ionelpop

Comment:
Screw leader, and his faithful screw followers.

I don't quite know what I'm looking at, I feel like it's automotive related. The quick change in DOF makes me feel like the top half of the image should be cropped. I want to look at the background, but it's not recognizable enough to be useful in interpreting it.

I think I would have desaturated the green channel a bit, it seems like such a weird color to have in a mostly dark/warmly lit scene.