The Taj Mahal
by Tez

Comment:
Brilliant, this is incredibly beautiful.

Winter Wonderland
by gsal

Comment:
Beautiful scene, strong technicals, great capture. Aesthetically I find the snow covered water to be too much negative space, in my opinion the image may have benefitted from a slightly lower camera angle bringing the horizon down to around the top 3rd so there is more background interest. A masked curves layer to bring some more contrast into the boat/pond and some of the foreground items might have made things pop a bit more. Had I voted in this challenge I would have given this image a 7.

Technicals, Aesthetics, etc.. Thread

Field of Yellow
by SnapperL

Comment:
I really liked this picture, the rich colors, contrast, strong composition all drew me in. There are 3 things that bug me; the sky seems to get very colorless right before the horizon, especially on the right hand side, the super saturated top and bottom make it look awkward and out of place; there are some crazy refractions going on around the sun, not sure if its dust or just the lens but it do without; and the last is the lens flair in the bottom right hand corner, sometimes lens flare can be nice if its being used as a compositional item but this isn't adding anything to the image. Three fairly minor things, had I voted in this challenge I would have scored this a 7.

Technicals, Aesthetics, etc.. Thread

Forest Path
by zackdezon

Comment:
This image had a lot going for it, composition is strong with leading lines on thirds, I think it may have been slightly more aesthetically pleasing if you took a couple steps to the left making the path's destination more visible but otherwise very well composed. The sky is very bright and there's only some dappled light on the tops of some trees, the foreground is all in shadow so it doesn't have a very wide tonal range, some cloud cover really could have helped this image. I really like the color pallette, had I voted in this challenge I would have scored this a 5.

Technicals, Aesthetics, etc.. Thread

Strawberries and Cream
by onesaint

Comment:
Could have done without the border and a little more depth of field IMO. Other than that its solid.

For many people, but not for everyone...
by Windtale

Comment:
This is exceptional, great work.

Bliss
by LERtastic

Comment:
Nice PB Yo!

Cascade
by dgtlclose

Comment:
At first I wanted to say DNMC, but then I started thinking about wet t-shirt contests so scratch that. Everything else is wonderful, pose, waterfall, what kind of lighting?

MMMMMMarshmallows!!!
by dsa157

Comment:
Nice lighting! I think this would really pop if you bumped the saturation. And a separation light on the camera left shoulder.

Take Your Pick
by Goldwing

Comment:
LOL, like the title