BlackEyedSusan
by ralph

Comment:
For a little FUN, try a re-do in B/W...and...there you have it...a scene out of the movie version of the literary classic 1984 by George Orwell.

Drive By Shooting
by CyBri2000

Comment:
Cute! I get the humor. If only it was not such a serious subject in the original meaning.
When I was still a sophomoric teenager (of course, my friends would all say, "Sorry, Dude, mentally No Change today",) I tried to create my own humor by teasing that the untimely deaths of "Snap, Crackle & Pop" would be performed by a "cereal" killer. Very Dark Humor... :(
But as to meeting the challenge,...Dead On! I give you a 9 for challenge parameters. I would give you a 10, but IMHO the contrast was post-processed too thin. Nothing more than a judgment call on my part.
Bottom Line...I like the way you think. If I had been in that part of my brain during the entry phase, I could have seen me producing a very similar image with a very similar title. So, much of this advice would be considered "out-loud thinking" under the heading, "Note to Self!" :)

A scene
by KarisMo

Comment:
True! The Essenes were quite ascetic people... ;)

Thin
by stare_at_the_sun

Comment:
Looks like a mirror image on granite or possible double exposure,...either way...Great!

Take Me Home...
by SJCarter

Comment:
I've seen wonderful rolling hills, like these just north of Atlanta. Great! :)

Golden Glow
by sherpet

Comment:
With a little imagination I can see a wheat field where Farmer Jesus grows a crop of sunbeams... Very pleasant image! :)

My Jeans... what the?
by rishinicolai

Comment:
Nice! Nice texture & background color per my wife! Also, Nice DOF!

Recording the sound of the Didgeridoo
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
3,2,1 Penguins...The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka (from the makers of VeggieTales: "Look out, Michelle! Behind you! It's a Didgeridoo! Buu-Waaaahhhhh!!!!!!! (sound it makes)"
Education is, of course, a two-way street! Thank you for the visual lesson! :)

A Time For Us
by Judi

Comment:
Awesome!

R - G - B
by dwterry

Comment:
Great image, but more cartoon than photograph...at least for the voters who have graded my photos. I'm guessing low score, if concensus leans heavily on photo-realism, but the bright colors could give it a strong bump back up because the concensus always seems to lean towards "O, Look at the pretty colors!" Much success to you anyway! :)