I'll give her shelter from the storm
by gyaban

Comment:
Just fabulous. Much subtler than some of your other work - whimsical rather than dramatic.

Chase
by MargaretNet

Comment:
I gave out three 10s. This was one of them. Magnificent image. I love the glow in the dress to the right.

Splendid stuff.

portrait2
by vawendy

Comment:
I much prefer the lighting here to the starker one. I remember your Zip entry as being one of the best lit portraits I've seen in a long time!

IMG_6945ed
by markwiley

Comment:
I prefer this colour one. Perhaps a bit of cropping at the top is in order? I like how the light has caught her right eye.

rw-2
by MichaelC

Comment:
Really engaging portrait.

Avalanche
by pmichaud

Comment:
Very cute dog and lovely bokeh.

Fisherman with a Seagull
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Just a quick note to say, although highly effective, this is a DQ-able edit (for the creation of new image features). It split SC opinion but the nature of the challenge meant that we felt that this was an understandable response to the challenge. Human discretion has won out.

Please don't use this image as a reference case to avoid future DQs in less specialised challenges though. (A general note, not specifically aimed at this photographer).

(And congrats on the ribbon!)

Thanks

Paul

Summer Afternoon
by njsabs

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 8s - I like it. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. Not an image I'd normally pull out in this comment series, but I kind of had to!
2. I'm a bulldog fan - amazing creatures!
3. This made me laugh out loud.
4. Lovely high key look.
5. Such a cool beast, in more ways than one!
6. I like the fading blur at the top of the image.

Super-endearing!

Fawkes
by odriew

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 8s - I like it. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. Magnificent dynamic range.
2. Well matched toning.
3. The beauty of the clustered birds.
4. The texture overlay.
5. The sense of single-momentness - A real sense of an ephemeral moment preserved.

Lovely image.

IMG_3510
by sidpixel

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 9s - I like it very much. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. Uber-grainy - I'm a fan of that.
2. Eclectic composition - the juxtaposition of person and structure.
3. The low light levels - like we are squinting.
4. How you've conveyed the brat size of the structure.
5. The precision of the face - you must have worked hard to pull that out.
6. The backdrop of the clouds.

Overall, very very effective.