the Confiteor
by ubique

Comment:
Tough call for my top 3 so I went ahead and picked 4. I have this as a tie for third in the challenge. Pleasantly creepy with great textures and mood. I have no clue what type of location I am looking at but I am enjoying this none the less. For that I give you a .

"The Parliament of Birds"
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Tough call on my top 3 for this challenge, so I am going to give you and one other image a tie for 3rd cause I had to pick 4. Great lines and colors. Surely wouldnt have been the same minus the two flying birds. This just brought a smile to my face. Very very pleasing. For that I give this image a .

Back Stage
by atupdate

Comment:
This is my second top rated pic for the challenge. Another that I would rank way high if it was in a regular FS. Has a great feel and balance to it. I wish it was a bigger image so I could see more of the detail in the objects in the middle left. Even so I am truly enjoying this pic. So for my second place you get a .

Happiness
by JuliBoc

Comment:
This is my top rated image for the challenge. This would rank way high in a regular FS for me as well. I am drawn to images like this. Love the blur, love the blown, love the feel. If this were mine I would be printing this out HUGE and hanging it in my living room for sure. Lovely image irregardless of the challenge theme. Gonna bust out my own reward thingee that I havent had out in quite some time. Seemed appropriate enough.

1st
by bspurgeon

Comment:
I am totally confused as to why I need to come this far down to find this image. I picked this to ribbon.

1st
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Love this shot. The three pics work wonderfully together. One of my few 9s in the challenge.

IRONMAN
by LVicari

Comment:
Yeah - this is surely the winner. Great light work, prefect layout and surely tells a story of the individual. My only nitpick is with the runner. Splashing water on the swimmer makes total sense. The water on the bicyclist looks like sweat blowing off of him and fits. I am not getting the water on the runner. Looks cool from a visual perspective - but as far as how it relates to the story I am not sure. Did someone dump a gatorade bucket on him as he was running by? Didnt impact my vote in anyway, but figuring that this image is soaring in score I thought I would go ahead and throw out the one issue I had with it.

fading from memory
by posthumous

Comment:
Yeah - I recognize the mug but I faved it anyways. Love the light, the blur, the edge of the mirror on the sides, the texture. I wish I was capable of envisioning stuff like this.

Man of Faith
by bobdaveant

Comment:
You know i think I have a couple of pictures of this guy from a couple of years ago. Need to see if I can find them.

My mother
by svava

Comment:
This was one of my highest rated pics in the challenges. Beautiful image. Congrats!