16mm, 30 sec, f 2.8, 3200 ISO, 9 burning sticks and a million stars.
by John White

Comment:
and how many reshoots? Nice creative idea. It fits the country and the challenge. 8.

Five Going On Fifteen
by toddhead

Comment:
Pretty subject and nice composition. Hard for me to tell whether that is simply flawless child's skin or processed to remove texture. Having two children myself, I know how flawless skin can be at that age. 7.

An Old Oxford Barn
by shamer

Comment:
Mysterious and gloomy in an artful sort of way. Rich in implicit subject but lacking in an overt point of focal interest. 8.

Glacial Valley Dawn
by hahn23

Comment:
Plenty to feast ones eyes on here. 8.

Fouzia
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
I didn't get to voting for your photo in this challenge. Only managed about 70%. A visual simile came into my mind when seeing Auntie Fouzia, namely Stephen Hawking. I used to work on Stephen's books via his agent in NYC and looked at his photo many a time. I suppose there is another simile too, an agile mind, sometimes we are not aware quite how agile, is inside a gnarled body. I think your photo is much better than many I have seen of Hawking.

On the edge of paradise
by quiet_observation

Comment:
Simply effective in every way. Bokeh nice, hue lovely. 8.

Blue Glasgow
by Citadel

Comment:
Nice end of the day feeling in your photo. Pity the sky is on the noisy side. 7.

"The early bird..."
by NorthStar

Comment:
Like a Rothko painting. 8.

Lines
by beaflies

Comment:
Lovely. Nice composition. Blue is pretty too - but a little noisy. Hard to avoid that noise, I think. 8.

Moment of Truce
by NikonJeb

Comment:
It's a curious image. Plain odd but makes one think...