Fire and water
by nicklevy

Comment:
This is very pretty and clear. Nice.

earth meets water
by slonko

Comment:
I love the twisty sticks on this and the colors are lovely.

Every Droplet counts in the Distillery
by Harz_Joerg

Comment:
Very classy image, Joerg!

Temptation
by stickylizard

Comment:
Fun stuff, Tom! Keep up the good work! I'm glad this photo did well.

Focus On Happiness
by labuds

Comment:
I figured this would do well. Nice work, Aleks!

Hoar Frost and Holly
by dsidwell

Comment:
Wow! I didn't think this would happen! I paid a price for the nice tones here. It was quite darkish, and shot in the shade to boot, which made some nice shades happen--but the ice crystals lost their clarity and sharpness. These leaves were already quite dark, and with the channel mixer, I converted to b/w. Some of you also noted the digital noise in the form of squares in the lower left--this was due to gaussian blur, but it only took a little! I probably should have left it alone. There were a lot of high quality images during this challenge; I feel really lucky to have won another ribbon. I thought it would be much higher scoring. I just keep learning from you all. Thanks for the votes!

Amidst the Chaos In the Market...
by librodo

Comment:
Very engaging, emotive image! I love how the light and dof takes our focus right to those eyes! 10

Sunlit
by HRoxas

Comment:
The colors here really sing for me! Nice use of dof to set this foliage apart! 9

natural beauty
by grigrigirl

Comment:
Very stunning portrait. Your dof takes us right to the eyes! 9

Gerbers
by shareinnc

Comment:
Superb. The DOF sets the flower apart from the others very nicely. It may be interesting to experiment with contrast to deepen the tones. Very nice image! 9