Ansel in the flat lands
by rhipster

Comment:
The half sun is distracting as is the human structure between the trees. That nitpick out of the way, I love the details along the dirt road, the clarity of the tree, the wonder of the clouds giving this a distinctive AA style. Good photo!

Ygnacio Valley
by Nitin

Comment:
Grand depth of field in this landscape photo. I miss the Zone X whites which would have nicely offset the deep blacks in the lower left corner. Still beautiful shot.

Sonoran Spring
by Artifacts

Comment:
Beautiful capture of the spirit and style of AA! One of my favorites to win this challenge. I especially love the start contrasts so evocative of a desert landscape. Thanks for this stunning photo!

There's a Place
by arnit

Comment:
Grandeur of landscape! Great shot. I love the simplisity of composition.

Looking Glass Falls 2005
by nards656

Comment:
A beatuty. Great AA style!

TeArau Rock
by suemack

Comment:
Excellent textures and tones. Clouds seem a bit over exposed, but could just be the way they were that day. Good AA style.

Surreal Ironing
by arnit

Comment:
The only addition which would have pushed this photo up a notch would be a business suit and ironing a white button down collared shirt. But I love the ordinary extraordinary surrealism of this work. If this isn't Arnit's work, you owe him a great debt. Imitation is the sincerest form of flatterly. Press on Arnit!

Surreal Reflections
by banmorn

Comment:
Great use of realtime photography to capture the essence of surrealism, including the great iconic granddaddy of this misunderstood philosophical-artistic movement. The woman's attitude captures the aloof unreality of true surrealism. I also love the reflective glass panes in this photo. Thanks for bringing surrealism to us without photoshop bastardization. One of my favorites to ribbon. 10

Not seeing the big picture
by octane202

Comment:
In my estimation, the finest of this challenge, which by artistic-cultural understandings presents very few truly surreal photos. Your photo presents us with a way through, outside the box, into the beyond, a lovely dreamscape. Thanks for a great photo. My favorite to win! 10

Chairman of the Bored
by Zoomdak

Comment:
I love the out of place black & white world of the business chairman among the greens. Perhaps increasing the saturation would have given this photo even more surreal punch. One of the best of the lot.