Hi Peter... There are some astonishing images here! Some proper "wows" for me
Big - a lovely take of the mushrooms, super colours, great detail on foreground (inc 'rooms) and perfect DOF choice for me leaving the background with just enough definition. It would have been easy to have a complete blur behind, but your choice and stacking IMO is far better
Only crit I could think of would be slightly less flat lighting, perhaps from the side? But that really is nitpicking and more "for the sake of finding something critical to say!!"
Cut - another super take... well spotted. Processing is well handled and a different choice, which is nice. I do find the lettering very slightly hard to read but aside from that it presses my buttons: nice and contrast B&W. The only minor thing I'd have done personally (aside from not having taken such a good picture!) would be to rotate the whole image so the lettering is the right way around
Balance - good take on the theme, very interesting POV and image generally. Lighting was presumably outside your control but you've exposed well to avoid too much shininess. For me the image as a concept is lacking something slightly - certainly less "wow" than the previous two, but it's well taken and perfectly on theme.
Change - a good shot, some nice light painting. Had someone else taken this, I'd be even more full of praise but because your bar is set so high nowadays, I'm simply going to say it's very good
Looks like a tiny bit of spill from the LP to the right of the rock, but otherwise bang on.
Grow - another super shot and again ideal for the theme. Lovely control of the specular "glistening" which really adds to the shot for me. Bokeh appears very slightly nervous in the background - not sure if this is a consequence of the stacking and blending or simply the way the lens behaves... and anyway, it's such a minor point it's barely worth mentioning. Foreground bokeh is lovely. Exposure and composition absolutely spot on for me - this is genuinely a super shot
Reshoot (mono)... WOW!
This is possible one of my favourite shots full stop. Not in the context of this challenge, not versus your other shots, just simply one of my favourite images. I don't care that the tree has been cropped (it's positioning is lovely) and I don't care that its reflection is barely there - the overall effect of the image and processing is simply stunning. The sky, the very high contrast conversion (I do just love that look) and even the slightly unsettled water works perfectly. I'm actually glad you don't have a high res version on your flickr otherwise I'd have to be rude and download it and print it to a whopping great canvas. Honestly, it is one of the most amazing images I have seen!