Falling Apart
by Bensted

Comment:
Lighting is harsh, focus is a but off and a single petal is falling off, but not much impact.

F a L L i n G a P A r T
by Ja-9

Comment:
Nice portrait, perhaps a little too dark (but it may just read that way because of all the dark lines). The jigsaw filter is always cool, however, I don't see any concept of "falling apart" Yes, there is a drop shadow and a little motion blur on the lower pieces (that is distracting). You could have, for example, had the complete puzzle "falling apart" into various chunks at different angles and still used the filter. So I would give this a 7, but since it did not meet the challenge a -3 brings this to a 4.

Snowy
by Tiberius

Comment:
Beautiful shot of a beautiful cat! Congrats on the white ribbon!

I went insane, like a smoke-ring day when the wind blows
by GeneralE

Comment:
This is a microscopic slide of a ring worm in a petri dish? Right? Right? Smoke ring is too non-distinct against the background.

closing time
by mrbig65

Comment:
closing time... of what? Nothing here is distinct enough to give me any indication what the heck is going on.

cauldron of creation
by tanguera

Comment:
OK, don't get the title and I'm glad of that... Otherwise it's a very interesting concept, but the rose and butterfly seem odd in there. If the bowl were empty it might have been better... The roughed coverlet on the table is a nice touch for added texture. Should be faring well I bet. Easy top 10 and probably will take red or yellow.

Touch me
by HighNooner

Comment:
CTRL-I invert!

Makes a nice color and pattern and the smoke is the star of this... but like a few others, nothing unforgettable here.

Whiffs
by Lawton

Comment:
Yep... more smoke. Just there Nice colors and waves of course, but there isn't much interesting in this to distinguish this for the other smoke billows in the challenge.

San Lotano Maduro
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Up close and personal there... the smoke needs to be more distinct I fear. It looks like blobs of white against a man's chin.

Industrial Dawn
by markwiley

Comment:
Ok, I see smoke here and like how it's blending into the clouds (or creating the clouds). Not sure how "major" a role the smoke is playing however as this seems to be more about a construction site or plant with the smoke being secondary.