Hug Forever
by maguero

Comment:
I really like this picture. It reminds me of a place I like to visit in Cost aRica - although I like that it could be anywhere - it just calls you in. one little picky thing -- the horizon line is slightly off. I believe you can correct this by cropping and turnign the picture a bit without breaking the basic editing rules. Your score could possibly improve in the future with that small trick. Hope you do well!

Dark
by Tiberius

Comment:
Oh yeah!! This is a landscape!! I love it. 10

The Cave
by kimber

Comment:
Beautiful! I've seen caves like this in Zakinthos Greece - one of my favorite places on earth. I love the colours - they complement each other.

Seeping Rays
by himantha

Comment:
Bravo. I've voted on about 100 so far and this is BY FAR the best. I cannot believe the detail you've achieved and the mist/fog/light rays are fantastic. Bravo. 10

A Sister's Love
by oOWonderBreadOo

Comment:
I love this - it's going to get a 9 from me. I relaly like the playfulness and the expression on the boy's face. One little tidbit I picked up in photography school I thought I'd pass along... for portraits... always try to focus in on the eye of the subject (if you can and your subject isn't moving too much). You should ideally try to see every detail of the eyelash. The focusing on this seems to be on the hands. It may have been what you intended, but the eye of the viewer always starts at the eyes. Anyway, thought I'd pass it along (it's something I didn't know till I started school). this image is amazing. I hope you do well on this challenge.

Celebration: Circle of Life
by gsal

Comment:
A perfect 10! I wish you a big fat ribbon.

Celebrate Friends
by Sherri1209

Comment:
This is an absolutely beautiful image and it works so well in sepia. I especially love the expression of the girl on the right. Unfortunately, it's not a sharp focus. The best thing to try for future shots is to focus as much as possible on the eyes of at least one subject. Professionals usually measure sharpness if they can see the eyelashes of a subject (of course, this is not always possible with moving subjects). For this scene, maybe shooting at f8 would have helped a bit and locking the auto focus down would have worked abit to improve focus.

1865 Rendezvoux
by rjkstesch

Comment:
This is a great composition and a wonderful idea for this challenge. My suggestion (and keep in mind I'm only learning about B&W/Sepia myself) would be to have something almost pitch black and something as white as it comes. With two-tone images, anything with both of these will add a lot to your score - and to the overall image.

'Spotlight on the Unwanted'
by suemack

Comment:
This is an amazing amazing shot. The expression is perfection. The composition is absolutely excellent. I am in love with the shot, in fact... it's the kind you'd want to send to your friends by email to warm their day. I'd like to make a couple of small suggestions for future shooting - and keep in mind I'm terrible with lighting... but I'd suggest a bit of a higher contrast with the circle. Maybe even by putting the kitty in a darker hole, or painting part of the circle black. Even if this wasn't a circle challenge, it would have a greater impact of the shot and would illuminate this very beautiful creature. Bravo for the shot though. I really love it. 9

Convergence in steel
by arpita

Comment:
Oh wow! I predict the blue! 10