Storm Over the City
by option

Comment:
This is great! Incredible depth, and the light on the skyline is amazing. I'm torn about the shoreline on the right; the framing it adds is nice, but it only covers 1/3 of the edge and to me is a little distracting, if it could have been continued farther up the frame I think that would have helped.

I say 9. Very nice shot.

Simplicity
by admart01

Comment:
I like these minimalistic shots a lot; reminds me of this one which was, to my mind, terribly underated in the Rule of Thirds challenge. And magnolias are such beautiful willing subjects.

That said, this one doesn't work as well for me; here are my guesses as to why:

first, the pink doesn't pop in the same way. It stands out, to be sure, but it somehow doesn't spin my head around. Not sure why. It may be the darker bckground?

second, I think having the branch fade out of focus within the frame is very powerful; I think maybe for me the rest of your branch is a little too much in focus which draws my eye away from the bloom.

A really lovely picure, though, and of a style I wish we saw more of!

prehistoric
by griz210

Comment:
He's very pretty! Nice color. I feel it's a little contrasty, and a little more DOF would be nice.

Tender Moment
by debitipton

Comment:
A veyr sweet pic, and nicely framed in the doorway. reflections off the back wall are distracting and easy to remove, and as much as I'm a huge fan of vignetting, I find the relatively hard edge here draws my eye AWAY from your subject, in effect emphasizing the very things it was meant to de-emphasize.

Sunset at the Intercoastal Highway
by eac

Comment:
This is a very pretty scene... the composition is nice; my eye is led from the lefthand frame into the picture and out the back.

Technicals have some problems, though; at least in post... the sun is so bright, and the plants so dark, that it's hard to really see the whole scene without effort. I'd have tried (and I sure no expert) a little fill flash on the forground plants, and curves to brighten the sky and water and bring out the sunset colors that are one of the major assets of this image.

Roosevelt Dam - 1911
by BAMartin

Comment:
great colors and composition. Don't even know if this is possible, but a shot from below mght have conveyed a sense of scale better.

Single light Source
by dmadden

Comment:
Beautiful scene. You've got a bit of a pink halo 'round the sunset, maybe form oversaturation?

Post effects
by tmph

Comment:
Yikes! I never know how to rate these... It's certainly not pretty, but it's powerful and thought-provoking, thus clearly effective. The left image, in particular, seems quite surreal. Excellent job in post, colors and textures are great.

This is getting very nit-picky, and I don't know the effects of the drugs here, but I read in this a very immediate fear, but less of the longer-term angst that I might expect or desire to see. She looks like she's afraid of someone outside the door, but not like she sees this state as a reflection of longer-term lifestyle choices...

Anyway, obviously if I'm going there I think your technicals are esentially perfect and the overall effect is really good. 10.

Blue
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:
I really like this. The 5 shades of blue, multiple symmetries, abstract form, great texture... A nice subject and beautifully captured.

I don't know how well it would have worked, but could you change the perspective so the windowframes (vertical) were parallel to the image frame? I think (not certain) that that would improve it for me.

Wagon in the West
by puckin

Comment:
Nice subject, and well processed; you can see lots of great detail in the wood grain and such. Compositionally a bit dull, and the background is cluttered, which distracts from the subject.