Seeking the Shade
by joezl

Comment:
Good subject, but also well treated in this bold composition. It's the great, burning height of the wall that is the essence of this scene, and establishes the context for the tiny person to be cowering in shelter. I also like the inclusion of the patches of peeling paint at upper right - so glad you were confident enough to leave them there! 8.

Stormy weather
by stupot

Comment:
I like the not-quite-symmetry of this landscape, and the beautiful tonal progression from front to back. The exposure & processing is great - there's just enough visible to make it more than a silhouette, but not enough to dilute the essence of the scene with irrelevant details. It's perfectly composed, too. 8.

Unforgiven
by Phil

Comment:
This has some great jagged edges (metaphorically as well as literally), that makes it so convincing for the concept expressed in the title. Would it be as powerful without the title? I'm not sure, but I think so. Therefore: 8.

Hang Ten
by anthonyczaja

Comment:
Inspired, simple, clever = very successful. 8.

Cape Spear
by jduffett

Comment:
An understated landscape, but with the added charm of including a miniature landscape-within-a-landscape in the foreground rock and pools; a clever subtlety that has only recently been brought to my attention as a landscape technique. For that and several other reasons, this is a very satisfying and "complete" work. 8.

A Photo Opportunity
by milo655321

Comment:
Opportunity for him, but inspiration for you. Well done. A very fine documentary photograph, and they never go out of fashion. 8.

She
by bucket

Comment:
My number one choice of my four 10's in the challenge,
It has tension and beauty together. Several bold, unorthodox ideas are combined with just enough convention to reassure any viewer who begins to feel too disoriented. Such an original and subtly erotic tribute to the subject ... but that's not all! All this is done without the inclusion of a single photographic cliche. A beautiful work. 10.5

Canterbury Plains Vista
by Simonjw

Comment:
I've seen the Canterbury Plains many times, but not quite from this superb viewpoint. It's a very fine and thoughtful landscape photograph, because it beautifully captures the odd juxtaposition that exists there of wild, scree-covered alpine slopes and bucolic, ordered pastoral plains. And the balance you've chosen between those two worlds is exactly right ... you've included just enough of each. Finally, the centred horizon and the resultant sky vista is perfect, too. This image works like a good cocktail ... it tastes better than any of its ingredients alone, and it leaves me wanting another one! 8.

wintry walk
by xtine

Comment:
Beautiful example of sympathetic use of processing to enhance the qualities of the image that were already there. The reflections of the walkers makes the centred "horizon" perfect. Nice work. 8.

Inspired
by whiteroom

Comment:
This is wonderful. It is the most artistically complex and sophisticated image in the challenge, and certainly among the most interesting, too. The scene appears candid, in the sense that nothing was staged for the shot, but the composition and the ordering of elements (including the light) within the photograph is meticulous and masterly. These are the photographs I love: cerebral, beautiful, complex and demanding, but also apparently effortless ... I can recognise 'em when I see 'em, but I just can't take 'em myself! Maybe in 2006? 10.