That's a great shot - I love the colors and the crop works very well in my opinion.

Yes I prefer the second one too for composition and subject wise, but first has better colours. I dont know :)

From the set, I like this one best. I get the feeling I'm really in a darkish forest looking out toward the light ahead.
I think, if I had been processing this one, I would have probably raised the shadows a bit (not excessively) just enough to give a little bit of structure in the dark trees. But, maybe leaving them very dark, like you did, is what achieved that "feeling" I saw ?

There are two adjacent pics shown here. I don't know if that was intentional but I like that effect.

Whenever I've tried macro it has driven me crazy! I can see the appeal but not for me. Good shots here though.

One of your better IR shots.

6 and the last for me.

Excellent macro work!

Bizarrely, they're no longer adjacent in my reply!

In this instance, it was a deliberate decision to leave the tree trunks mostly silhouetted with just the rimlight higlighting their form as raising the shadows didn't really add anything and brought out details in the bark that I didn't really care for.

The shot below was a different take on the same scene that I abandoned after editing it for a few minutes, I think this may be more in line with what you were thinking?

Second one for me. I find it really hard to get images I'm particularly happy with from waterfalls, but this one of yours is rather nice.

My initial reaction upon seeing this was to comment on how, while the real skill in a macro shot like this is getting a nice sharp image of the flower and insect, the main draw for me was the combination of softly blended colours in the background and how nicely they work with the colours of the flower in foreground, but having subsequently read your description, it appears that was the main thing you were aiming for, in which case you've definitely succeeded.

I like all three of these. Colours, contrast and general execution are excellent, even the puns raised a smile.

This is my pick but a very nice set :)

I really like this, thanks for sharing. I added a few of my shot to Flickr group :)

My carriage, shot with in camera Panorama, it turned out better than I expected.

Thanks everyone!

Thank you so much - glad you like it! Great that you participate in the Flickr group.

If someone else here is on Flickr - please feel invited to add some of your shots here as well:

www.flickr.com/groups/dprevived/

Superb mate, and very brave. But wasted at the tail end of the week. I'd repost on Saturday!