Match Day
by Covert_Oddity

Comment:
This is technically very good, and would probably work for stock. I'd like to see a difference in one of them, for interest, you know?

Mountain Sunset in B&W
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Nice dawn(? sun anyway) on the mountains. Good mixed use of tones here.

Week 08 - The Little Girl
by shalrath

Comment:
Nice portrait -- great job with the background, making the lines add to the shot rather than detracting.

Curious
by cynthiann

Comment:
He looks just a bit suspicious of that eye looking at him, doesn't he! Another great B & W bird.

Week 08
by Ken

Comment:
Great atmospheric background. You really caught the feel of the place:)

Kim and Abby at 36 weeks
by bspurgeon

Comment:
I see what you mean by it being cramped, but I don't think that hurts in this case. Mom is the subject and this draws more of the attention to her.

Spring Thaw
by beekeeper

Comment:
This is a great location with a wonderful reflection. Its just too soft, dark and brown.

Use levels to turn the snow white, saturate the blue sky just a bit and sharpen overall. Just a guess, but is this a crop of a much larger shot?

It could also be better if you used the full 720 pixels allowed under advanced editing.

Dew Drops
by artvet

Comment:
Wonderful feeling on this; I would have composed it a bit differently and not cut off the upper branch (or removed it entirely), but maybe that's why I'm getting 5.7s and you're getting 9s!

running water
by ursula

Comment:
so I've been trying to find something to comment on as to why I'm only giving this a 9 r/t a 10. The composition is perfect; meets the challenge perfectly; maybe the white patch in the far upper right corner?
later -- forget all that, I'm just changing it to a 10.

Primulas in the Breeze.
by GenrOne

Comment:
This has the right idea, but imho the motion should be smooth, not so jittery. Also, the white flower is blown out. This is a nice subject for a photo, but not for this challenge.