Desert Cooler
by Tej

Comment:
it's a nice photo, but a disappointing commentary on this site when you say "...I don't personally like the picture very much and find it creatively non-rewarding." i find that many of the photos on here fill that niche, and the photos that are creatively compelling are often not those that score well. (that's not to say i don't like 90% of the ribboning photos; i'm just saying in general, most people need to shoot differently for ribbon purposes than they would for purely aesthetic goals. sad.)

excellent photo, though. i find it not only technically sound, but visually pleasing. you sell yourself short, i think.

To our 1st base coach.jpg
by Tammer

Comment:
tragic. what a freak accident. sorry for your loss.

The Soft Light of Yestermorn
by Cutter

Comment:
brilliant. i spend 3 minutes trying to figure out what the blotch on her forehead was, and then it all became clear (literally) once i gave my monitor a vigorous wipe. stupid dust on the screen.

great shot.

Beside Still Waters
by mpeters

Comment:
damn voters. this shot is unbelievably good.

i bet if you'd copied countless other pictures, i.e. by placing a glass sheet with drops of water on it in front of your lens, people would suddenly appreciate this a lot more.

apparently, if a shot doesn't conform to a formula, it's no good, no matter how technically impressive and artfully striking it is.

The Young Botanist
by AP

Comment:
what a sweet picture. i definitely would have placed this one well ahead of all the hackneyed wine-glass-on-colored-background shots. original, technically sound and relevant.

Biotechnology... fresh from the lab!
by scalvert

Comment:
i can't believe that there are people giving pictures like this 1s, 2s and 3s. while it's maybe not the most technically impressive piece of work ever, it's certainly sound in that department, and it's more creative than the average pic.

i swear, i just don't get voters. unless it's somebody who entered this challenge and then voted everybody else a 1 in hopes of springboarding themselves up the charts, i'm just flummoxed.

solid pic, by the way.

Crossing Over, Crossing Under
by ArpeggioAngel

Comment:
who gave this a 1?? comments on 1's should be mandatory.

solid pic.

skewed rectangles
by chungeez

Comment:
uhmm.. i'm not sure why the colors would change at different isos. maybe i'm just too much of a noob.

Why a Y, how many do you see?
by willhadl

Comment:
the definition in the branch got away, but that's a really nice color to the sky

If You Can Read the Bottom Line, Have Another
by dave2119

Comment:
way to infuse some originality into this challenge. it's easy to go obvious during macro challenges.