Making Tracks - Walking into Another Time
by bside123

Comment:
This is such a wonderful photo, but it's not a silhouette at all. I don't buy into the fact that a silhouette has to be completely black, but there's just way too much detail for it to be a silhouette. Kudos on the shot. I like that you left the word tracks on the sign showing. But it just doesn't fit the challenge.

Cursors — Foiled Again!
by GeneralE

Comment:
Not a photo that I like at all. But it really is quite intriguing. :) Good job getting my attention. It got more face time than many of the shots.

Fishing is my favorite way of getting nothing done.
by chalice

Comment:
This one confuses me. I like the shot and how the right side completely disappears. What confuses me is that the boat engine isn't silhouetted, there's a lot of detail still there, but the person is. I don't know if that's natural, or if you darkened the person and the boat didn't get the same treatment, but it just isn't looking right on my screen. (sorry)

Respect
by Melethia

Comment:
Fantastic silhouette. I would love to see the original to see what it looked like before the processing. Love the hair. Love the fact that it points out that the child is wearing a helmet and he isn't. -9-

Tree at Sunset
by CWFitz

Comment:
I'm having problems with much of this. Sorry -- this will be rather blunt. The blues seem a bit unnaturally saturated. There's halos around the tree trunks from the sharpening and the left side seems cluttered.

That being said, I find the right 2/3s quite interesting. I love the lines and curves.

Morning Mission
by Cuttooth

Comment:
I'm looking without my glasses, so feel free to ignore this comment if you don't agree. It seems like that water is oversharpened. It has that extremely high contrast and jagged edges that come with sharpening. I think sharpening the top, but leaving the bottom a bit less sharpened would have been aesthetically much more pleasing. It's a lovely sky and a wonderful scene, but it's a bit jarring and doesn't seem to fit. 6 as is. Could have gone to an 8 with a different treatment

Yiyi's Master Recital
by markwiley

Comment:
Ha! I knew this would do well. Awesome shot!

more than meets the eye
by PennyStreet

Comment:
I'm in love with the shot, but having a hard time having it fit the challenge. Skipping the vote and coming back to it for another look, because I don't have the heart to give it anything less than a 7 or higher.

Humbled, Rejected ... the anguish of his loneliness
by hahn23

Comment:
Such an incredibly beautiful shot, but it just doesn't say battle of the sexes to me. Perhaps it's my lack of knowledge, but usually the males stay separated from the females for most of the year. So to me, it just seems like a normal shot that you'd find vs one that tells the story. Or the story is human emotions put onto an animal that doesn't fit the story, in my mind... sorry

it starts early
by flaherma

Comment:
Nice shot. Great colors. A bit too much glow