The Clarity of Moonlit Dreams
by dali_lama_2k

Comment:
This is so blurry I can't really figure out what's going on. Is it a body? A face? A lawnmower? Sorry, but this doesn't really do anything for me.

Tasha
by Eagle40Fox2

Comment:
I don't know how this is processed, but something about her skin just looks very unnatural. Some people will probably like that, but I don't.

Smile
by ionelpop

Comment:
Seems a bit overprocessed, too much sharpening or something. Very visible on her fingers as well as around the lights in the background.

another set of headlights?
by leonedavis

Comment:
Nice picture, but the title sort of ruined it for me. Still, trying not to let that affect my vote...

For king and country
by wiesener

Comment:
Alternative crop:

trees won
by bjh0705

Comment:
Great motive! I think the colors may be a bit distracting here, for me this would look better in B&W. Still, great picture! 8

Life's a struggle
by northebound

Comment:
This is my favorite this challenge. Great job spotting this and then framing it so beautifully. I think maybe I'd prefer a less specific title, but I'm not reducing the score due to that. 9

Always with style
by gyaban

Comment:
Great picture, although I'm not sure if it really met the challenge...

Concentrate the mind on the present moment
by wiesener

Comment:
Korriban: I actually agree. I had a hard time coming up with an idea for a title, and as I was thinking about it I was talking with a friend on Skype who mentioned this quote from Buddha: "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment". At the time I sort of liked the way it went with the three panels of the triptych, but after looking at it later I agree that it sort of forces the viewer into a certain way of thinking.

I always have a hard time coming up with titles for my pictures, and I am starting to understand why so many photographers are simply calling their pictures "unnamed" or "untitled" :)

I wonder if the title explains the votes of 1 and 2...

Celebrate Boldly
by JrP

Comment:
As I commented on another picture in this challenge, this theme seems a bit worn out to me...











EDIT:
The previous comment might have come off a bit harsh. One of my first thoughts after looking through some previous challenges on the site was that this site has a weird obsession with wine glasses and cutlery (especially forks)! :P

At least you are bringing a new element into the theme, which works pretty well. I love the sharpness of the petals, and the color of the flower is great in itself. I'd love to see a somewhat wider crop with the color line completely centered, as it is now it seems a little too far to the right and perhaps also leaning slightly.

As for the challenge, I feel that the colors don't quite fit. The color of the flower is neither completely red nor completely orange, and as such it doesn't really complement neither the green or the blue from the background, though it might have worked as an "in-between" if the green and blue were darker or at least a bit more saturated.

Still, those are just my 2 cents of course, and other people will probably have a different opinion :) Besides, I'm just a baby when it comes to photography, so you shouldn't really put much weight on my opinion anyway :P