The Vagabond
by MargaretNet

Comment:
This is just so good - Makes me want to read the book! 10

Cyclist
by MargaretNet

Comment:
I have come back to this so many times this week, and now I must decide on my vote. I find myself completely torn - I do rather like this illustration effect that you have achieved - everything about it implies and suggests a coloured sketch - and in an extended editing challenge I would probably vote highly. I must assume that all your steps are standard editing legal, but part of me feels the the image has moved so far away from photography and into the realm of digital art that it is no longer a photograph.
In this instance I am going to vote highly - I would love to be able to achieve this myself - but at the same time, I would hate it if such heavily manipulated images became the norm, crowding out more traditional takes on photography. So, a one time only vote of 8, for showing me something new that I can aspire towards in my editing, but probably not for DPC.

Delicate Textures
by grahamgator

Comment:
A perfect marriage of background and subject - indeed the subject isn't really the rose, but the image as a whole.

Desolation's Rest Stop
by TMStamp

Comment:
Desolate, indeed. That you can invoke such feelings through little more than tones and colour is a testament to just how good this is.

Dictyophorus Spumans
by ThingFish

Comment:
Excellent depth of field, with the entire insect in focus - shame about the bit of twig in the foreground, but I am being picky. I think that I would have liked something included to show scale - it looks huge here!

To The Victor Goes The Fish
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:
Wow, what a find, and what a capture (on both your and the gull's part)

Swamp at Sundown, Early Autumn
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Absolutely fascinating - I have no idea if this is a drone shot of an actual swamp, or an abstract image with lichens - and it really doesn't matter! I could look at this for hours. 10.

Beauty at the end
by hajeka

Comment:
Excellent depth of field - spot on for the image.

Harvest Path
by Refocused

Comment:
What a gorgeous scene, and so well captured. 8.

Memories of a Friend
by vawendy

Comment:
Absolutely fabulous photo! a 10 from me.