Fortitude - Courage of Spirit
by Cutter

Comment:
looks like you missed out on the extreme sports challenge :)
horizon is nice and level, wish the blues of the water were a bit brighter (perhaps increase saturation a little bit), a little bit dark on the legs and losing detail throughout the jacket which is a shame. overall, good sense of timing, and nice leading lines with the strings/ropes (wish there was more of that)

Forever Yours
by M.O.C.

Comment:
a tad bit grainy, and a little on the cheesy side (80's glamour shot-like?). i'm not a fan of the cropping (each persons' ear is cut off) and there are some stray hairs on the woman that could be cleaned up.

What do you believe - Reflection or Spirit?
by ltaylor

Comment:
i'm not sure i like the drainage pipe going up the wall of the building. also wish you could have used a bit more unsharp mask to highlight the pattern of the bricks, perhaps a bit more saturation to bring out the red as well.
the trees in the background draw attention away from the cross at the bottom left which is a pity, and the hydrowire going to the church is a bit distracting as well. fortunately, most of these things can be fixed in photoshop with some clone brush and usm, saturation.
hth.

Wise Old Owl (prudence)
by paul58

Comment:
the tree in the background is very distracting. a nice CLEAR shot of an owl, however, i feel like its missing emotion. the eyes are GREAT, but I think you really needed to close in tighter around those, to really give the impression of wisdom.

Hope: Reach for Your Beacon
by SandyP

Comment:
nice foreground lighting, although it seems to have lost some level of detail in the rocks. the sky was captured nicely, and wow, the horizon is level! :)
i wish that the lights to the right of the lighthouse weren't there, as they seem to be competing for attention, but the stars in the sky add a nice subtle accent.

I'm Driving
by shadowdoc31

Comment:
the white backdrop in this image is all wrinkled and REALLY pulls away from the image
also lighting on the bottom of the hand and middle finger is too dark. the beer bottle is too close to the right side of the frame, and you've really lost the warmth of the image by converting to black and white. i think the golden hue of the beer would have contrasted nicely with the flesh tones of the hand, but you're removed that altogether. :(

Sevenly Virtuous
by MistyMucky

Comment:
the halo effect needs to be more pronounced. also the lighting is a bit flat, making the colours muted. would be nice to increase the saturation and improve the curves of this image to bring it a bit more to life. otherwise, interesting concept, just wish the image wasn't so muddy.
(lighting issues with the shadow on the left of her nose), and perhaps wearing a less textured shirt would help improve the image.

Mary full of grace
by garrfoster

Comment:
the backlighting is nice, however, I feel that there is a bit much glare on the actual statue which is causing some loss of features (especially in the face). the orange glow in the back is very nice, as well as the fade into negative black space on the right.
i'd also might have cropped a little less so as not to bring her hands so close to the bottom of the picture.

Faith
by Stang

Comment:
difficult to distinguish subject matter. i like the smoke and silhouette, but i find it loses alot of meaning without compromising its art appeal. a nice shot artistically.

Faith
by marvin

Comment:
interesting use of leading lines, wish the corss was a bit sharper, or even had more of a glowing effect to it.