Painful Beauty
by jotaga

Comment by KarenNfld:
I like the crop and filled frame. Lots of interesting textures.

The Beauty and The Beast
by jotaga

Comment by Lydia:
I really like the ant and the flower combination. The noise is a problem for me in the image, though. (voted earlier, back to comment)

Sugar Loaf (Rising Sun at Botafogo Bay)
by jotaga

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Wow, wonderful scene. I'd love to see how this looks at different times and under different conditions, if it is someplace convenient to you.

Tropical Dreams
by jotaga

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Cool, you nailed a ribbon much earlier that I did. Both of us with trees, however. Good job.

Niemeyer´s MAC
by jotaga

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I gave this an 8, but didn't bother to leave a comment in-challenge, as I knew it would do well and get enough comments from others. Congrats on a nice high score!

The Beauty and The Beast
by jotaga

Comment by DJWoodward:
Challenge Relevance:7 Impact/Emotion/Mood:5 Technicals:6 Processing:6 Creativity:6

Tropical Dreams
by jotaga

Comment by Gallatin:
Beautiful

The Beauty and The Beast
by jotaga

Comment by Tammster:
This is a great example of contast. The flower itself was done very well and the ant just added to it. - 7

- Aura -
by jotaga

Comment by RulerZigzag:
Found this in the CC section:

I will say that I am a fan of the image, and probably biased since Im fascinated with learing how to read auras, but as far as the image goes, its a bit too black even though I know you intended it that way since the lines stand out more. Its a good creative take on the challenge and fits the theme well, its just that the outline of the model is uneven and inconsistent throughout the frame. Maybe if you had a stronger light source, the outline would become more pronounced.

The reason why it scored under the average of 5 is because its one of those images that don't score well on DPC. Similar to impressionism, its a love or hate it image and I see you do have a favorite which is always rewarding regardless of how it scores. I would give it a 6, love the composition.

The Beauty and The Beast
by jotaga

Comment by jessielude:
How do you get an ant to hold still? You glued it down, didn't you? Aren't they notorious for being busy!? Great picture. 10!