Niagara Falls
by vlado

Comment:
I am surprised this did not finish higher, because there are so many nice elements here, but they seem to add up to less than their parts for reasons I am not sure of. Perhaps the whole frame is so filled with action, it lacks the calm that I am seeking in a landscape. I feel I should like this more than I do. I wish I could tell you why.

The Fog Rolls In
by GeneralE

Comment:
As Wejna said "when we got there, there was no there, there". It may have been Stein who said it, whatever. There are some great elements here, but nothing for the gaze to linger on.

Grazing with a chance of rain
by wejna

Comment:
Everything you presented us with here is lovely, but there is so much of everything that my eye does not know where to go. Having so much action on the middle of the image, with nothing but empty grass in the foreground makes me feel like I filled up on boring appetizers before a great main course and salad were served and there s no room for desert and cofee. Had you landed a cow, a lovely flower, or even an interesting clump of grass in the right foreground, I feel this would have been close to the ribbons.
As Robert Capa once said, �If your pictures aren�t good enough, you�re not close enough.� And I think that applies here, there is so much wonderful stuff here, and the editing is top-notch, just move closer.

savanna
by ubique

Comment:
I always like to comment on the shot that had the greatest shift between my top scoring group and a less august placement, and my friend, why am I not surprised to find you there. The startled focus of the giraffe among the chaotic wash of the vegetation is lovely. Congratulations, and commiserations.

my little creek
by jgirl57

Comment:
I think there is so much here, but a stronger edit to really make that stump the star of the show was called for. It is a nicely framed shot and there are fabulous textures here, but they are speaking very softly.

Rain-beaten and lonely
by Jules1x

Comment:
I like how the horizon is sloped to balance out the strong lines to the right, a lovely delicate dance.

Blue on Blue
by nam

Comment:
A lovely image, but perhaps a bit too blue? had those first few ranges been green and the a fade to blue in the distance this would have read more true to me.

To the North
by GeorgesBogaert

Comment:
Subtle, understated, elegant. I think if the central tower was not so centered it would have been stronger, but The rest of the composition would have been hurt by reframing.

illusions
by Neat

Comment:
The bouy, or sail on the left really nails this one down. One of my pick. I love the way the reflections and the sky mirror each other.

mixed medley
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Great tone, but there is no center here. Well it is there, in the pond, behind, but it is hidden away by branches. My eye just roves around and around up the trees, across the horizon seeking something to settle on.