Olympic Miracle in Port
by wolf

Comment:
Excellent HDR processing and very interesting scene.

under sail
by tnun

Comment:
Though technically poor, I like your choice of B&W and you've captured scale very impressively.

Evening at a harbor
by Abstract

Comment:
Nice sunset shot, but bottom is too dark and there's little detail in the boat. The bird atop adds a nice touch.

Close Hauled
by Walkaboutwolf

Comment:
I like the tilt as it creates an abstract although it may be a couple of degrees too extreme.

Safe at Harbor
by alexzen

Comment:
This is a really interesting angle and composition, almost abstract. I like how the dark bottom of the hull blends with the water and night and creates all the negative space. I think the white of the boat could be lighter though.

Contemplating the Infinite
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Well, what do I know. Not much, I guess. Congratulations on a beautiful photo and the ribbon.

Tread carefully
by glennc

Comment:
Spooky.

Prince of the Forest
by scalvert

Comment:
Nice capture but composition a bit static and colors a little noisy. Not really seeing the HDR qualities most would be looking for in this challenge.

Pienza
by gadion

Comment:
Green is too hot and vista needs more variational forms in the foreground to be of interest. The detail there is lacking from what looks like plugged shadows. I also find the sky too grainy with unreal colors.

Red Skiff, Blue Skiff, Geese Foraging in the Morning Mist...
by Bear_Music

Comment:
The aerial perspective and DOF is wonderful and I like the rhythm in your title and photograph along with its implied leading line. I find my eye skips along from red skiff to blue then to geese but this compositional element itself is not enough to prevent the image from losing some of its poetry for me. The mood is ambivalent. Colors go from bold to muted, grass too yellow a green, yet sky too drab a purple. The sky appears flat lacking any detail. It looks as though you've used a GND (maybe too strong a one). My guess is you over processed the overall image to make up for the flat available light.

Also, whatever is sticking up out of the red skiff is distracting. One other nitpick is the positioning of the blue skiff. I know you have no control over this matter, but I wish it were facing towards the tree so that we could see more of its port side to serve a better foil to the red boat. Finally, the pink lifesaver is the straw for the camel and really does this image in, though I think a lot of the voters will like it and vote it highly.