Apparition
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
I really like this. I have something vaguely like it (shadowy figure with blue cast) that I took years before the competition so I couldn't enter it but I would have otherwise. But you can be my proxy, you have my vote (or comment, at least)! I guess you had to choose between this challenge and the silhouette challenge on this one...

The Mystery of The Lover's Demise
by wildiris

Comment:
Oh man, grim, but it's great. Did you stage it or did they really end up like that? It fully deserves to be added it to my favorites but I'm not sure I want to look at it too often! :)

Mysterious Ways
by Loki

Comment:
This one has feeling for me. Where's he going? What's his plan? Does he see the rain clouds? Nice picture!

Haunted
by rayg544

Comment:
The house has potential but the weather doesn't give me that feeling. You might be alluding to what happens after the sun goes down, but if that's the case I think you're alluding too much. I'm not a huge fan of the gradient border.

The Summoning
by robinssong

Comment:
Very nice effect. I like the puff of smoke coming from the eye socket.

Light Reading
by scalvert

Comment:
Very convincing magic here. The lighting of the book-holding girl matches the rest of the scene so it looks real.

Mystery of the Night Creatures
by Hubern

Comment:
Holy crap, if the challenge category were "Scary" you'd have won for sure. But this certainly counts as mysterious if you know that guy is lurking in the darkness. Nice.

God's Creation in Seven Days is a Beautiful Mystery
by asmithphotos

Comment:
I guess the title is a minor turn-off for me and I can imagine a more flattering version of this same genre of photo. God's Creation is a little too brownish for me here.

The Warlock's Lair
by Konador

Comment:
Whoa, this place is strange enough to count as mysterious in my book...

Levitation
by esdarby

Comment:
I guess I'd prefer if the bulb weren't solid white, i.e. overexposed. It does stand out against the solid black background but I think seeing the filament or at least the soft glow of a frosted bulb would perhaps be nicer.