Congratulations on your 1st place my friend.......

Congratulations on your 2nd...........well done.

Congratulations on your 3rd, well done

in the hi res, there are some strange lines and marks to the left of the corner point, also, I would have thought that the 'halo' at the corner would have been stronger and darker, like an 'eclipse' effect

some bad cloning work around the head too.......

too much surrounding area, and the highlights top right are blown. good effort.

spot on with the lighting, that is exactly what it is.........non directional means no directional shadows, even spread of light etc.

the stone is lost in the chippings

trashed??............looks in normal working order for a phone booth...........lol

I agree with the lighting comment, but a nice shot all the same

'dude'......I didn't say you made them sit there!

the sharpest point of focus that I can see is on the head of the boy at the back......

very artisitic.....well done.

most excellent work...well done author.

nice effort, though I agree with kyricom, I would not have recognised this as an amethyst if you hadn't said....

yeh great, let's sit two dozen kids on the edge of a pond...........brilliant idea..........lol

excellent, although a little contrast would work here, imo......

nice effort, a little fuzzy though.

good catch.

nice effort, but it is a little out of focus

excellent..........that puts my idea out the window then..........well done.

can we see a hi res please.....

agree with blur comment, but not all shots need to be straight.......

a little noisy......

yes, I agree, the top could go.

yes, I agree.......that would have made this 100 per cent better still!

good, but just a little too much red for my taste........

lovely shot, but just what is the specific daily need here.......aprt from a larger dress for the young lady, this one clearly does not fit her too well..... lol

you could have read the guidelines, it say so in there............!

I would say this is the first fully on theme entry in the contest.......

agreed, but the glass here is totally invisible.......you could have been in the water with the fruit it is so clear!

Off topic..........No people or animals allowed in the image, there is a people in this!

there are 3 orbs that I can see.......a green one that is obvious, one light blue lower left of the green one, and another lighter colored one high right of the green one.....they are in a line, which does indicate lens flare..

sorry, but this looks like a post edit graduated filter has been used!

Lamantine, while I agree with you about this being a great shot, these are your own words............ the goal in fact is to take a shot of anything which is on glass or pressed against glass for it to seem to be floating or pressing against something invisible...........so, is this shot on them, or off?..... The bubbles are clearly on the fruit...not the glass, and the fruit is floating, but not against the glass, which cannot actually be seen at all.

looks like a little lens flare has crept in..........

a hig res is always good to see..............

this does not look anything like the type of infrared image I was expecting to see here......

Jaws, Melanie is right asking if the author actually took this shot, as if they didn't, then it is not allowed to be entered. It is not too easy to make out who is in the shot, so imo, anonymity is not at risk here.

was this shot behind a sheet or curtain of some sort?

some people, me included, do not like symmetry.........it is not always necessary! I do agree with the darkening comment though.

sorry, it is, as Kiwi says, out of focus......

stunning........

excellent........it looks like something from deep space........

nice concept..........the framing could have been better, rather than just a shot of a toilet roll.......

I agree with you Jaws, this is, imo, defo on theme......

no, you saw one very similar, I remember it too........the pepper was a different color.

I agree.......you don't see the window, but you do see what is on it!

this one is not dried out, the eyes are still in place, they are usually one of the first things to go.

works for me author..............no difference that I can see...........pardon the pun....