Wonderful atmosphere, great catch.

That is better.

I know the open window kind of spoils the symmetry, but it also makes the photo.

Different, nice thinking.

Nice shot

Beautiful

A real Peacock Blue.

Cute, those eyes are even more blue than my grand daughters.

a lovely piece of work.

Beautiful, such great light.

Wonderful photograph, wouldn't want to get too close

You could have got rid of her 'red eyes'

Nice one.

Great quality to this photo.

Great shot

I have been doing photography since the early 60th. So even though I don't do my own prints from film anymore, believe me I have done plenty of film processing and printing.

Well I hadn't voted, so I'll make up for it. Much better.

What an interesting place, great shot too.

guess the shadows had be confused.

Nice work

"ANY method of coloring is allowed in this contest, could be in-camera or FI with the use of Photoshop. Turning a colored photo into B&W is allowed and then add a color, or with the use of channels. Do it anyway you want to do it"
I think you could do some lovely work with this one, add some more blue to the flower and remove where it looks wrong.

Wonderful, the 'box' is so in your face.

I know an SBS is not required, but I'd love to see the original.

Great shot, but I think I'll catch a ride somewhere else.

Nice idea, a little dark, and I guess for true symmetry the writing on the opposite page should be mirror writing.

Love the light in this one, could use a little straightening, and I wish id had been in HDR. Would love to see more detail in the shadows. You could try Topaz Adjust.

Love the bird on the wall, Image could use a little more contrast. Is it a scan?

Beautiful low key photograph, lthe little light in the top left really adds to the photograph.

Definitely better, well done.

nice

Looks more like a paid cruise/trip than someones toy.

Beautiful

Great detail too, HDR?

great, I keep looking for Rapunzel

great shot and find.

Wonderful, I hope you also ventured inside.

I think it would have been better if we could actually see her sitting on the stairs, that way it would look like it belonged. IMO

Lovely

I'm so happy the criteria has changed as this is such a great photo. Well done.

Lovely

Now that the criteria has been changed, your image is on theme, It's a great image but I would still remove the colour from everything except the walls and the painting. It would make for a much more powerful image.

Close up, but is it a macro? Nice shot.

This is just great.

Thanks for the explanation, what an amazing place, hope you took many more photos. Usually I don't like crocker photos, but the angle is perfect for this photo. Well done.

Congrats on first place, well deserved

well done

Beautiful

wonderful

Great

Great shot.