Rural Life, Yangshuo
by Matthew

Comment:
great candid portrait infromt of that awesome scenerey again.
these cables/power lines or whatever make for an unusual but provoking counterpart in the photo.

Li River
by Matthew

Comment:
wow, this place is on my have-to-visit-before-i-go-from-this-world list :)
seriously though i think it's an awesome scenery, the man in the foreground gives it character and the boats in the back give a scale. these mountains are incredibly shaped!

Stairs and Cable
by BAMartin

Comment:
cool series of photos, enjoyed viewing them :)
this one has nice textures and diagonal lines and a nice warm tone, well done!

Inside the Diner
by BAMartin

Comment:
wow what an awesome location! of course i love the tones and comp in this one :)

DSC_4654.jpg
by Pedro

Comment:
i dig the pastel tones and diagonal lines here, well done!
...oh what i am gonna miss...;(

blues
by IsabellSchatz

Comment:
WOHOOO, i'm glad to see you following me on the front page!
well done, girl and keep up the great work!!! :)

What Lies Ahead
by Cutter

Comment:
the tones in this shot are incredible. the two people there watching the space make the scenery even more surreal, like two innocent human beeings lost on the moon or sumpn...;)
instant fav

Master of Ceremonies
by JBHale

Comment:
very cool compositon and colors. i'd be totally thankful to know how the heck you got these amazing colors and tones!

21.52 Barley and poppy
by Melethia

Comment:
the tones are incredible in this one, very nice and i love the lonesome poppy peeking out of the weed.

Sin City
by Mephisto

Comment:
well, i did'nt know i requested a critique but thanks anyways! ;)
yeah the bird boo bothers me, but since this was under basic editing rules i could hardly do anything against it.

actually it's interesting what you mention about the african child portrait. if you look at the ribbon winners in this challenge you will notice they're so different from each other in appearance, post processing and content and i think that's what makes this site and the challenges so interesting. everything's possible. and btw i think "i dreamed of africa" really deserves to be in first spot, like i said it's the most powerful and provoking image i've seen here for a long time. so cudos to the voters who, to my surprise, agreed with me to chose this not-so-dpc-friendly image for the blue!

again thanks for the kind words everyone, i really appriciate it! :)