Splash!
by JacksonGariety

Comment:
I rather like this. If was to offer constructive critiscm a little sharper?

Pensive
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
I find my eyes are just not interested in the right hand section of the photo. I think that if one produces a contextless image then the ammount of space it occupies needs to be quite small. The exposure of the lass is flawless.

Bird
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
Would have been better as a pure silhouette and possibly cropped a bit more of the sky out. Longer DOF with some sharpening. It would never have won a ribbon its to different (and I like that) but maybe would have scored higher. DPC certainly encourages excellence but I'm not convinved that it encourages artistic inovation.

Kirsten
by JamesA

Comment:
flower blown, eyes too blue though I think you are right keeping them in colour is a good thing. Execution wise thats my opinion but that is matter of taste rather than pure technical judgement.

Everything else I think is good, its good composition and the emotion is haunting.

You probably scored lower in this because of the selective desaturation I'm guessing folks who like the image composition and would have scored it 6 or 7 dropped a mark.

If I had voted (and I don't in challenged I've entered) I would have given it 7 then maybe bumped it to 8 if I wanted it to win.

Kate Chandler Morgan (1944-2009)
by mm767cap

Comment:
You can't beleive you ribboned and got > 7 ? You are kidding right? Those rocks alone are worth that. Lovely shot.

Pasta Jar
by Kelli

Comment:
not sure the wibbly grain works . Nice colours and composition.

Pasta in Paris
by BrianR

Comment:
surely Paris in Pasta, Pasta of Paris .... kinda like this one.

Pastabego
by Blackbox

Comment:
not really sure why there is a slant nor for that matter the composition generally. There needs to be some concept linking the spagi to the plate and cup etc. Nicely lit and the arrangement of the spageti is rather nice and probably should have been the sole item in frame.

Peacock Wannabee
by Lydia

Comment:
Plain weird, and very very good.

a spirale
by IreneM

Comment:
simple and nice, for me wold have prefered sharper upper edge but I'd be really pleased with myself if I'd taken this photo.