finishing touches
by tanguera

Comment:
no surprise this is your entry.
great choice.
now, to give this a '10' I hit the 1 key on my keyboard first, then press 0 after..... ;)

Portrait in an antique mirror
by Paul

Comment:
timeless beauty
7

The World Through The Eyes Of a Child
by RianBotes

Comment:
love the fun and energy shown here. :)
7

Athens
by redpanda

Comment:
I really want to like this more, but those plants in the corner are killing it for me.
I don't mind the height of the plants on the right, but the ones from the middle through the left are just taking my attention away from the vista shown in the background.

5

nothing like sun in the morning
by Mike

Comment:
nice lighting on this.

that bench/bridge scene is a favorite of yours, it seems..
add in a pretty model and it's got all of the "classic mike" qualities

Extruded Light
by NstiG8tr

Comment:
fun image.

for those wondering, seems like it would be very simple.
have a backlit keyboard, frame it on a long exposure, zoom while sensor exposed. you will get the blurred lines connecting the zoomed in/out images from zooming (in I'm assuming on this).
by controlling the zoom in/out, you decide which image appears in the "back"

I've played around with techniques like this for light painting challenges before, it can produce some fun results

The River Walk
by hahn23

Comment:
I particularly enjoyed the reflections in the water, but the trees without lights framing the ends just seemed out of place, and cropping them out would feel too narrow, tough call but the right one in my opinion.
really enjoyed this image overall, one of my top 10

...use your imagination ;)
by FocusPoint

Comment:
is that all I'm allowed to use? shame.
I'd really like to use my fingers to move that little nub around and push some buttons, maybe hover it over a 7 and then just click away....but I'm only allowed to use my imagination, so i'll imagine that I used the mouse to cast a vote of 7 instead. ;p

A Good Life
by Violetz

Comment:
while the reflection is nice, I feel this is pretty far from the intention of the challenge as the glasses are redirecting light, not generating it.

lil elf
by NstiG8tr

Comment:
very cute.