Life of Maldives.
by itexx

Comment:
Hard to think of silence with a motor boat as the subject. Nice shot though. (Don't let the sunset haters get you down.) I think a little wider framing - with the full wake, the boat off center to the left, and a bit more land at the right - would have increased the sense of coming home at the end of a day on the ocean. But would have fit a rest-type challenge better than silence. 6

cannot scream
by carodani

Comment:
Why not? I think if I could figure out what that is, I might give this a top score. But as is, it loses just a bit of the edge. All the technicals are good. 7

"Silenced" Alarm Clock
by Drake

Comment:
I think a more natural setting would have had more impact - a night stand with the approriate stuff in the background. As it is, it lands a bit to far into the staged look to have the humorous impact it could have. Other than that, well composed, lighting's a little stark, but ok. 6

Watertown
by mannen

Comment:
Tighter crop or zoom on the brighter section of the photo might have worked a bit better.

Aqua Vita
by labuds

Comment:
Very, very nice. Best fire & ice shot I've seen so far in the challenge. The melting water has that Terminator 2 liquid metal feel. Trying to decide if there's something intentional hiden in some of the reflections...

Surfacing
by arnit

Comment:
Upside down?

Touch the Air
by adrenalindream

Comment:
Nice idea. Woulda been cool if you had better clouds - the effect of a cloud cupped in the palm of the hand. Might be worth revisiting this statue some time. I like the curves and the contrasts of stone to sky, dark agains the light blue.

The edge of water
by torrenzano

Comment:
A tighter crop would have worked better (assuming you had the option to play with. The trees at the top, particularly the near-center one, are distracting and don't add anything to the theme.

Will I Burn?
by shareinnc

Comment:
The choice is yours. "Turn or burn", as they say. But maybe I misunderstand...

Visually odd. The technique is somehow distracting - whatever that is at or around your neck appears pasted in. I'm not saying I think you did something illegal, I'm saying that whatever you did to process this image created the same effect as a bad paste, and that mars the overall image for me.

The Tao of Earth
by brett2004

Comment:
The best fit I could find without spending so much time as to deny other photos consideration was this: //www.newage-directory.com/fount.html. Close? Juxtaposition, yielding and firm. I suppose I can see that, though not convincingly so. Lighting and background seem to conspire to draw my attention to much from the main subject. I'm curious which came first in this instance: did you envision this image and seek it out, or did you observe the scene and draw the inspiration from that? Not sure that it matters - each has it's place - just curious.