Country Sunrise
by Brad

Comment:
This should be hanging on a museum wall. Very nice. I loved the texture used to achieve the look, but it seemed to get washed away in the highlights and is the only thing that gives the 'picture' away for what it really is.

Serenity
by connie

Comment:
Monet...Monet? Simply beautiful. I feel like this whole challenge is a personal museum tour and I don't even have to leave home. It was hard not to push this one into the one-of-three 10-slots I restricted myself to in this challenge. Each time a 9 was placed, it was for the most pitiful of picky things. I only could say here that the left lower corner appeared burned. Otherwise, there is nothing I could offer in critique.

First Impression
by Jean

Comment:
I really like the balance of thirds on this one, the contrast of the large and small circles against the lines of the painted prism, somehow the reflection in the green seemed too burnt/blurred compared to the rest of the picture, but I still had to give this an almost perfect.

Lumiere de bougie
by graphicfunk

Comment:
I'm thinking multiple layers of saran wrap here, with vaseline maybe smudged on it as well. Whatever the technique, this one was the last (or first as you wish to look at it) one that I let convince me into giving a ten. To take a picture that I can already see without abstracting it would have been beautiful, but to be able then to translate that great shot into a faux painting...very nice :-)

Claude Monet: Dusk
by hopper

Comment:
The overwhelming orange of the sky and the perfect orientation of the bridge work pushed this one over the top for me. Great use of lower third vs top 2/3s and balanced with the Left Tall one-third, right low 2/3s. Although I was later able to make out the supporting wire/power line, It's position once again in the exact spot it needed to be in no way detracted from the whole.

Still LIfe With Pears
by dsidwell

Comment:
I loved this composition. The grain and coloration appear to have been brushed on with actual paint. The edge artifacts on the pear lift it off the canvas and still I have this sneaking suspision that you used a 2500 speed ISO a very small aperture and the lowest form of candle light possible.

recovered0032b_corr.jpg
by menardmam

Comment:
...(jmo) This one is far better than the original. ;-)
Removing the shadowy grain/noise no longer presents any questions on the model. Very nice presentation.

Know Your Enemy
by alien2thisworld

Comment:
I've begun to wonder if the twin chess photogs are actually playing a real game through this forum with each of their challenges... ah well. Tho some may be tired of the subject, I am enjoying the extended study of Opaque vs Transparent and their varied interpretations.

Strawberry
by Jacko

Comment:
I may never eat strawberry shortcake again...

Art Museum Visit - or - A 7" Bronze and 8" Collectors Plate?
by fulgent

Comment:
Nice work ) Thanx for the evidence.