Medicinal Marijuana
by labuds

Comment:
looks drab. looks like this could bass as the normal coloring.

Dream
by Alecia

Comment:
what happened to her nose. The highlights are completely blown out. Contrast is way too high. The flowers are more distracting than complimentary. sorry.

All but Yellow
by Beagleboy

Comment:
what and odd effect. i like it.

Daddy Long Legs
by Marjo

Comment:
i'm starting to hate bug macro shots. Just too many of them. This is nice though.

Don't it make your brown eyes blue
by fstopopen

Comment:
did you mask the entire car and apply hue/saturation? It's selective desaturation. Why not try the history brush or something similar. It might have worked a little better this way. This looks like a blue blob. Nice mask work though.

Mother Nature Knows best!
by train

Comment:
doesn't work well. Too much color. The subject just isn't very interesting.

kiwi
by spydr

Comment:
This is actually a pretty nice shot compared to some of the others. I'm sure it will do nicely. Its just a bit boring. It covers the challenge well, but. . .it's just boring. Nice work.

May I have my Diploma?
by difarnecio

Comment:
Zoomdak, take a look at your photo then look at this one again. They are completely different animals. You photographed chairs. The empty chairs in conjunction with the title make it work for the challenge, but in itself it isn̢۪t a particularly good picture. Please do not take this as an attack. Perhaps what you should be observing is that virtually the same shot got a blue and gold ribbon. This doesn̢۪t say anything about the photographer, other than they know each other. It says a great deal about how people rate and what people on this site like. Look at the placements. 4th and 5th are virtually identical. Looking out the window was completely overdone for this challenge. 6th place, a very nice shot in comparison. 7th place, how did this place so high? It̢۪s not a bad idea but is it a good shot? 8th place is a lovely portrait, but waiting? The only thing that makes this image about waiting is the title. 9th and 10th are pregnant women, what a surprise. They fit the challenge but are they good? There were some great images in this challenge and they placed so low. Granted the same can be said about my photo, I have no pretenses about my photo meeting the challenge perfectly. But it̢۪s different from the rest. It is technically different and the image is completely different from any other posted. So that̢۪s a good thing. Congrats to the winners. The blue ribbon winner has a truly beautiful image and deserved to win. What are ratings based on here? Is it technique and image? Pretty colors? How close the image matches the challenge? What?

Waiting for the tide
by reevey

Comment:
I love it. great, really great.

Waiting for the sun
by shoyles

Comment:
nice shot. doesn't embody waiting, but a very nice shot.