Blue Peacock
by longlivenyhc

Comment:
Love the DOF and expression. Amazing capture of colours

The Littlest Wild One
by SandyP

Comment:
My goodness you caught the feeling and temperature of this one. Poor little duck. Just love it.

Sunset at Castle Hill
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
I can't wait to read how you did this. I've never seen such beautiful depth in a sunset photo. Your technique with ap. and shutter speed, etc. is pitch perfect, and so is this image. I'm betting on the blue ribbon.

Golden Light
by JPR

Comment:
I absolutely love this. The lighting is perfect. Plus, I have an addiction to spider monkeys - tried to shoot wild ones in Costa Rica and the majority didn't turn out b/c of bad sunlight. The only thing that would make this a perfect 10 is if the feet and hands were showing. However, the emotion and drama is definitely caputred regardless.

Teaching A Dog To Ride A Bicycle
by guitar_mann

Comment:
This is such a great subject. If you ever get the chance to shoot again, you may find adding a bit of negative(empty) space to the left side will add to the pic - and give a sense of movement/potential movment that the dog is going to ride away. but keep the angle - it's perfect. Also, it seems a bit dark on my monitor. Dusk/Dawn is a great time to shoot- but sometimes if it's cloudy you need a bit more light. the details are just a bit lost in the dog, but I totally understand since you have to shrink these photos so small for challenges. Ihope you do well.

Touch of faith.
by asij

Comment:
I really really love what you've done here. Would make an excellent poster. I hope you have it avalable for sale when you're done with the challenge. You may find your marks suffer b/c peole are fussy around here about meeting challenge description.

- Touch -
by palankaizs

Comment:
I love this. I can't wait to read the description to see the species of primate - guessing a spider monkey? Anyway.. Love the idea and sentiment here. Really nice image that works well in b&W. I notice lots of dust. These challenges allow you do some post-processing. you may find your scores improve if you spot edit the dust.

Can You Feel It?
by bobgaither

Comment:
This is an absolutely stunning image. I think it's one of the best I've seen in a challenge in quite a while - definitely sellable. I'm giving it a 10. However, you may find that your score suffers if others don't think it meets the challenge descrpition. People get really fussy around here. However, this image is brilliant.

Expectant
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Ohmygod. I absolutely love this. It's brilliant. I really love the way you shot something normally so common and made it look so unique and wonderful. The backlighting is dead on - and I just love all the drama you've captured. It isn't just a flat photograph - it really tells a story. Bravo. I hope you do really well. 10

concert
by uti100

Comment:
This is absolutely beautiful. One of the most original photographs I've seen (esp. in an open challenge) in quite a while. You not only nailed the challenge description, but you were imaginative and you composed the shot really well. It really stands out. I hope you do really well.