Sunflowers at Sunset
by Dim7

Comment:
Pretty landscape, but does not meet challenge theme, imo. Sky looks a bit too blown out and sunflowers seem too dull.

Flowering Tree
by Tikicharm

Comment:
A little too dark to be able to discern detail. The bug gets camoflaged in the background and composition is a bit too cluttered.

Family of flowers
by Copyright

Comment:
Crisp focus and very good DOF with such vibrant color! Wonderful photo. More artistic than representative, which I think would be better served for the challenge theme.

My Garden of Eden
by SandyP

Comment:
A very beautiful artistic landscape that, imo, does not meet the challenge theme.

5:50am
by Falc

Comment:
A very beautiful minimalistic and artistic image with an oriental feel, but doesn't meet the challenge, imo. Perhaps a bit more saturation of the green leaves?

Photosynthesis
by bruski

Comment:
Meets the challenge very well, perhaps better than any I've seen so far. I especially like the composition. The various angles formed here by the branch and leaves suggest an esthetic and a science. The backlighting is brilliant and you've really brought out the veins of the leaves so well. The green agaisnt the black background really brings out the color in the leaves. The only improvement I could see is possibly less sharpening, as it appears possibly oversharpened. Very well done, nonetheless.

Plague, the worse botanical disease.
by ramevi

Comment:
Very interesting photograph but this would come under the term of zoology more. Also, the red at the top of the image is distracting.

The Process of Pollination
by scrum8

Comment:
Very nice DOF but I think a higher shooting angle down on the flowers and butterfly would have been better to show the shapes better. Also a crop off of the top would be good too.

Thistle
by Nusbaum

Comment:
Very beautiful...what else can be said about this, it's perfect the way it is.

Trees on the River Stour
by e301

Comment:
The cool colors here are exquisite and the landscape is absolutely beautiful. Very painterly. I don't really believe this meets the challenge, but I won't penalize you as this is so gorgeous.