The Industrious World of Ants
by Smichg

Comment:
There's a trade-off here between wanting the mushroom in the shot and wanting to see the detail in the ants. I would prefer seeing the addition detail in the ants.

Morning at Bishan
by MarkOng

Comment:
Very nicely processed. Some extraneous real world stuff like the small tree and stuff on the left that, if removed, would have made this look more finished.

Horseshoe Bend
by twmax

Comment:
WOuld have like to have seen the highlights pulled back in the sky to give some more detail. Otherwise nice restraint in the processing.

The long way to the light
by Sisto

Comment:
Very cliched but your treatment of something I've seen many times is excellent. That said, the lack of perfect symmetry is bothersome (center of the pier is not the center of the image), and the buoy is something I might have cloned out. Still, wonderful restrained processing on this.

The Flying Tiger
by hahn23

Comment:
Your blues got oversaturated during the structuring of the background, OOF areas. Striking bird and the detail there is wonderful, but you need to pull back the details in the areas you don't want them.

Tree Swallow
by pedahel7

Comment:
This definitely got my attention, which is saying something for a vertical image here. A couple nits to pick here. One, the left and right sides don't run out at the same point so maybe do something to instate the balance (rotate left a touch, use liquify/transform). Two, clone out the partial tree at the bottom (the bare one bothers me, the one blending into the trunk, not so much). And perhaps it's a bit over sharp. Still, one of my favorites thus far. Very nice.

Deluge
by Judi

Comment:
I like this but believe it deserved a little more thought in post. In other words, I like that you didn't do too much but wish you'd done more. 6 as is, but I think it could be turned into an 8 or 9.

Sun Shooter
by Chrischia

Comment:
Striking but just way over sharpened.

The Sentinel
by grahamgator

Comment:
Congratulations, Mary Ann!!

Untitled
by chalice

Comment:
Well done, Jeff. Really nice image. I didn't get a chance to vote on these but this deserves to be in the top 5. Congrats.