The Beginning
by sahko

Comment:
The cotyledons are barely out, and the shoot hasn't even fully extended. Beautiful catch!

Middle Age - It does not have to hurt!
by Morgan

Comment:
Groovy outfit :) Is he the biker equivalent of golfers in plaid?

Life Is Just A Dream
by bobgaither

Comment:
Beautiful mirror effect! Is this a Turkish bath house, or an abandoned building with faulty drainage? :) Minor comment: the lighting at the top washes out the details of the ornate ceiling. It would have worked, too, had the wash out been made to look intentional to achieve a dreamy cast to your foto.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Very dramatic and emotive. However, the color is too adjusted and unnatural. The disappearing horizon in the center doesn't help either, IMO. But that's just my taste.

Photosynthesis
by zeuszen

Comment:
Beautiful! The repetitive diagonals and the color gradients are very attractive.

Its the thought that counts!
by vernabeth

Comment:
I kept on returning to this pic like it's some kind of magnet! Really funny and its tech aspects are in unison with the 'oops' essence of the cake (haha). Thanks for this submission!

Do You Remember When It Didn't Cost Anything?
by faidoi

Comment:
Good picture, but somehow, I prefer seeing green foliage rather than desaturated like this.

Reflecting on my past.
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Creepy, but effective. A completely maroon/brown background would help. There's a bit of black on the lower right corner.

Contemplation of life as exercised by a comon fly
by TooCool

Comment:
Impressive flowers. They almost look fake. Two things you can do to tweak this for the insects challenge (of course, IMO only!):
1. blur the background significantly; or totally blot it out by increased contrast
2. make the fly more obvious - by cropping and resizing (assuming that you have a lot of pixels to work with)
Otherwise, the pic stands good as it is, though I'm not too much of a floral kind of guy myself.

US Open? Not!!
by matts

Comment:
What lovely form! :)

EDIT: I have to bump this up. It's just too funny!