Jestering Clown
by Photologist

Comment:
Almost a too perfect background, would love to know how you did it within the rules. Not overly keen on the border although its good you've sampled average colours from the actual subject (a lot of entries don't bother and it leads to inconsistent colour themes)

Coulorphobia
by EducatedSavage

Comment:
Nice dynamic angle and tight crop. Could be a little sharper on the eyes though to really make the image sing.

Christmas Clowns
by sigmafoto

Comment:
Colours are not particularly vibrant and either the original was slightly soft or its not resized particularly well. I often add a final USM of 100, 0.5, 0 after resizing before I submit to a challenge

Clown
by Boldgraphy

Comment:
Got the eye in focus as it should be for a portrait style image, not a great fan of the lighting though I have to say, you have ended up with burnout highlights. A more diffused light source would have given a softer image. Painting with lighting might have also been worth considering - would have eliminated the colourful background too

Dancing In The Streets
by kelleyz3

Comment:
Good documentary style shot, but with the flash lighting and distracting background I can't see it scoring very highly here

Buck On The Run
by trevytrev

Comment:
Other similar techniques have been rather unnatural and are obviously multiple captures where as this could be a single image. Therefore it meets and challange in a rathr subtle special way. Great colours - well done

The Changing Colours of Sunset
by Quasimojo

Comment:
Blended with a gradient would have been amazing and the divisions are quite distracting.

Happy New Year
by banmorn

Comment:
Combined long exposure with time lapse. Composition is a bit strange having the skyline almost off the bottome of the frame, a bit more space with some nice reflections at the bottom might have helped balance things up a bit. Alternatively, a portrait aspect ratio with reflections of the fireworks in might have been possible.

Blues Solo in A-minor
by thegrandwazoo

Comment:
Similar to another entry but this is far superior IMO. More fingers, all in focus, simple background, balanced tones. You have demonstrated good post-processing skills and the hardwork this must have taken is worth it.

Just Swingin'
by scarbrd

Comment:
Just a shame the spacing isn't perfectly equal, its just the one far left that isn't conforming and perhaps the image would have been better without it.