final summer
by Alicia

Comment:
Alicia...Oh my goodness what a sad evocative and original take on the challenge. Not necessarily a 'beautiful' shot in the traditional sense of the word, but a very powerful one

Very good image and sorely underrated

Chuck Marley
by BAMartin

Comment:
Barbara...was this a model or did you process it this way. Either way it has kind of a nice weird surreal not of this world feel about it. Great B&W conversion and I like the perspective

Alley View
by BAMartin

Comment:
Barbara, I think I remember this building from one of our old side challenges. I thought this met the challenge really well and I loved that the wood work blended in colour wise with the bricks. Very cool image

Aria
by Charlene

Comment:
Hey you!!! Congratulations on the impressive finish and also on your own second PB. I am so glad this shot did well for you, its an incredible capture and great processing

Hang On!
by jerseyjim

Comment:
Great shot. I love the effect and the fact that I can almost here the music and screams of and from the ride and taste the candy floss

Great job

Aria
by Charlene

Comment:
Just absolutely beautiful. Fantastic composition, great lighting and a brilliant black and white conversion. Very clever title as well. For me this is about as perfect as a flower shot can be

Is the Coast Clear
by karenk

Comment:
Tremendous animal shot with wonderful sharpness and great bokeh. Shame that one of the whiskers appears to be cut off (sorry I realise that is very nit picky) but a brilliant image 9

Man and Fountain
by figaro

Comment:
Very very nice candid. I love the black and white conversion and the DOF is absolutely spot on, we can recognise what is in the background but it does not impinge on the power of the main subject. Great job

A B S T R A C T I O N
by hotpasta

Comment:
What is thi, it looks like a mushroom shot from below in water....Actually I dont care what it is because what I know is that it is a fantastic abstract and a pleasure to look at -9

Nexus
by idnic

Comment:
really intriguing image from the thumbnail amd then when you open it up, wow!!!

Great idea and very well executed. Incredibly strong black and white conversion. My one minor (and I do mean minor) other comment would be that its a shame that the girl on the right seems slightly at an angle. Still great shot and I hope this does well for you 9