Walkin' A Tightrope With A Heavy Load
by ScottK

Comment:
I find the border particularly unpleasant to the extent that it does lessen my enjoyment of the image.
Ignoring it for the moment I like the image quite a lot - the simplicity and the studio rather than natural background works well. In terms of composition I'd like a touch more space above and less below.

Natures Grace
by melking

Comment:
A beautiful leaf and great composition.
My two suggestions would be:
The leaf is so uniform in colour that this macro treatment doesn't bring out as much interesting detail as it might - I wonder if a leaf with more variations of orange, yellow and even maroon might be more interesting?
The water looks a little messy - would it have been possible to dry the leaf off and then add a few droplets manually that retained their droplet shape?
You may have been striving for a more natural feeling of wetness of course, in which case my suggestion is of no interest.

Romance
by vbourrut

Comment:
Interesting variation on the droplet theme - I really like the non-symmetrical background and the way the petal pierces the water surface and interrupts the circular pattern of water. The colours are good too.

Grace On Her Knees
by glimpses

Comment:
Has a Monet quality to the background. A little too static in composition but an interesting image.

Fallen
by eric678

Comment:
An interesting juxtaposition of soft nature and harsh man made object. Although the black and white really allows for the forms and shadows to come through I wonder if colour would bring out the contrast between warm vibrant leaf colours and cold fence?

Natural fractal
by rhipster

Comment:
Beautifully done, the low DOF on the background really allows one to concentrate on the warmth of the greens and see their variety without being distracted by harsh shapes. The leaf itself is beautiful (I assume it's one of those artificial ones sold by decoration stores?) and the composition of the overall image works very well with the diagonal of the stem pushing out from one of the corners.

Bathing beauty
by jjbeguin

Comment:
What an unusual viewpoint and choice of what to include! I like it! Not sure about the high contrast - is the image posterised? Do like the inclusion of the windows at top right.

Green Grass Grace
by Gordon

Comment:
I adore this. It creates a feeling of peace and euphoria that I can't quite explain - something about the soft merging of shades of purple, the beauty of the drops of water, some in sharp focus and others not, and the diagonal line fading into fuzziness at the top corner. I don't know how many will agree with me but this is certainly my favourite entry of the challenge.

cement ballet
by Miah

Comment:
I'm not sure that I see grace here but since it's something that's very much in the eye of the beholder I'm certainly not saying "this doesn't meet the challenge".
I really like this image very much and it reminds me of work I've seen hanging in the National Portrait Gallery here in London - I can't recall the name of the photographers but a couple created series of candid prints portraying real people going about their real lives. I like the high contrast, the strong lines and the composition created by the lines of the buildings and position of the boy.

Mighty Grace
by willem

Comment:
Beautiful colours and light. The curving shapes remind me very much of a forest I used to play in during childhood and even of a favourite photograph taken when I received my first SLR camera aged about 11 or 12. I wish I could find the negative! The dark line of the curved bows above and the foremost trunk at the left create a beautiful framing and the unbroken carpet of leaves feels very peaceful.