Excelsior
by bohemka

Comment:
Excellent shot, Scott. The sky in this looks amazing.

I wandered lonely as a cloud
by phoozt

Comment:
One of my very favorite shots in the challenge.

Newport Coast
by bspurgeon

Comment:
This was my top pick Congratulations on another ribbon, Ben!

Awakening
by northebound

Comment:
Great capture and congrats on an awesome finish. This was one of my favorites of the challenge.

Maui Church Circa 1856
by AP

Comment:
Great composition and excellent processing.

Rain of light
by ytshuva

Comment:
Lots of dust on your lens (or perhaps raindrops). Beautiful capture of the rays breaking through the clouds.

Newport Coast
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Beautiful capture. I especially love the movement in the clouds!

Reflections of Fall
by Joshua_

Comment:

Originally posted by bohemka: I don't know what blown highlights sldpixel is talking about. There are no blown highlights. And I don't know what the problem is with there not being enough color... just because you called it Fall? I do agree the border is a bit weird though. Either go letterbox or equidistant all the way around (at least for voters); or better, no border at all, especially with a shot like this, which doesn't need it. With a shot this good you want to go as big as possible, so scrap the border altogether. And a black border doesn't help the scene. Sorry to go on about the border. It's a great shot and should have done a hell of a lot better.

Thank you for the feedback, Scott. I'm just getting into photography (bought my first DSLR 2 months ago) and I certainly appreciate all the critiques. I thought I had a decent shot here, but it seems to have been dismissed for certain reasons. Ultimately I made a poor decision with the title (hey I'm from Southern California, so this looks very much like fall to me), as well as the choice for a border. Again, these are learning curves for me and I'll definitely choose these things more carefully in the future. I'm disappointed with the low score, but I hope to do better in the future. Thank you for your defense of my shot!

Metal Preditor
by piggy8269

Comment:
Too funny! I love how the Predator is on a metal flatbed cart.

Tagliatelle
by JopsyDaisy

Comment:
Very creative and well executed!