Whats Out There
by C4Pictures

Comment:
This just seems flat to me, not a lot going on.

Nothing.
by Tom

Comment:
I like the story. It's obvious that you had the intent of meeting the challenge, but nature wasn't going to help you out.

Pastel
by Jelena73

Comment:
The color of the sky is rather nice. I just don't feel a "wow" factor.

Ponte Sant' Angelo
by cyclingtmb

Comment:
Visually interesting, the colors work well together, especially in the reflection. It just seems slightly oof to my eyes and maybe just a bit "un-Wow-ish.

Land Yacht
by NikonJeb

Comment:
Congrats on the top 30! I really thought this would ribbon for you. This is still my personal favorite in this challenge and perhaps you'll get a Posthumous mention.

Evening on the Huangpu
by zackdezon

Comment:
So much going on, it is really difficult for my eyes to find the boat.

I do like the reflections of the blue and red lights in the water though. Those sort of add a bit of peacefulness to this.

Candyfloss Pedaloes
by rob_smith

Comment:
Very colorful presentation of peddle boats.

Clearing Skies Offer Hope To The Fleet Of Fishermen
by jrjr

Comment:
The simplicity is what does it for me.

Going Nowhere Slowly
by PeterPic

Comment:
A bit over processed for me. For me and the whole HDR/processing stuff, my feeling is this...if you are going to do it, do it to the extent that you create something totally unexpected. I would exptect to see a rusted wreck with brown, red and algae. I would not exptect to see a rusted wreck shown in sublte colors (see my point?) I guess my feeling is really summed up this way...photography is 95% talent, 5% luck. Digital photograpy is 95% talent, 5% luck and an additionl 50% creativity, reserve the majority of the creativity for taking the talent into the art.

This shot shows a huge amount of talent, without all of the editing. I would love to see it as it was before you started "playing" with it.

I would consider cropping on the left so that the boat just kisses the edge of the shot. You've almost got it, but I still see some blue at the top.

Solitude
by riot

Comment:
Simple, elegant, effective. Nicely done.