The Artisan
by gyaban

Comment:
Wow, this must have taken you FOREVER. Probably took a lot of pre-planning too. Very cool. I just think that the title isn't as strong as the image. With a picture as cool as this, I think you could have come up with a more striking title. Not docking you for that though.

Sunset
by NiallOTuama

Comment:
I also think this might work better for the free study. For shez, people are going to look for colorful flowers and other macros that fill the frame, I think.

I might crop a bit off the top to make this more of a letterbox ratio.

Coast
by Simms

Comment:
EASILY the best one in the challenge. The processing on this is absolutely perfect and creates the most wonderful emotive scene. The texture and the tones are gorgeous. I'd love to know your processing steps on this.

Clouds and Creek
by Kivet

Comment:
Because of the strange perspective on this and the fact that it's a reflection that allows some detail through, it was a bit difficult to figure out what this was at first. If you were going for the abstraction, you definitely hit your mark. if you weren't, maybe you should have added a bit more context for the viewer.

Corkscrew
by GeneralE

Comment:
I don't think the cloth is very appealing in this image. I would have preferred something that looked more like a natural setting for a corkscrew, like a rich-looking table with a wine glass in the background.

Corona
by thrumyiis

Comment:
This should be a lot sharper. Adding a bit more depth of field to show some really nice condensation on the bottle would help. I also don't think the over-exposed background is very flattering to the subject.

Coastal Child-bearer
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
The sky and the water look so beautiful. I just wish the beach was clean.

'scape
by raish

Comment:
Very poetic. The more I look at it, the more I like it.
To me, the bottom part looks almost like the Titanic sinking on its side. Not sure why.

Where Did She Go?
by littlemav

Comment:
I absolutely love the double reflection in this. The reflections paired with her expression are amazing.

The one part that I don't like is the color treatment. The dull, yellow-tinted colors give the impression that old age is dirty and sickly. I haven't tried to convert this into black and white, but I think that that would have given more of a nostalgic feeling, which I think would fit better with her expressed emotion. I think she still looks great--just nostalgic.

Curvy, stripey lamp
by sinistral_leo

Comment:
She needs to be in some extreme heels! I also would have preferred a bit of context instead of a black background, though I understand that would have been much harder to hide the other half of the model that way.