Ok, winners are as follows:
Portrait: Jayson - Ninja
This was a very tough call. I really enjoyed DavidWare's "Make a Wish" and cls's "Focus," but in the end Jayson's timing, lighting and perfect exposure tipped the odds in his favor. Well done to all three, though!
Landscape:
erno james - "My Favorite Things"
Again, this was a close one. I really enjoyed nvitalephotography's "Old Pier," but erno's impressive collection worked very well as a set. The interesting thing about erno's image is that all the shots are great on their own, but for some reason the set seems to equal more than the sum of its parts. Great variety and placement of the shots.
My Favorite Things by ernogy, on Flickr
Nick,
I like it a lot! Lighter and darker tones are well balanced, the dark "sticks" form an interesting pattern, and my eye goes back and forth between looking at it as a pattern vs looking at it as the actual landscape scene - Very interesting. I also like the composition with the extra empty space at the bottom.
Definitely a bit unusual - which I like - and well executed.
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Arnt
+1...agreed....surreal shot. Really like it.
Nick:
I like it. The light sky looks like fog, and fits the compisition well. As you can tell from the other comments, it is a matter of personal taste, but I may have cropped off the bottom more... however, it does look good as is.
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thanks for the input everyone. I wasn't sure about it at first but its growing on me.