Road Closed
by franktheyank

Comment:
I'm enjoying imagining the rest of the tableau outside the frame, and the numerous possibilities for context of this section of the big picture. Also appreciate the toning and processing choices. Nice.

Thug Life
by Penny Lane

Comment:
Cute. It would be better if the dog had a 100 dollar bill in his mouth, or stuck under his collar...

summer
by Tiberius

Comment:
Congrats! This one grew on me. The extreme sharpening more than the lower right blur... but, small nits, fade and the overall impact grows. What I find most engaging, is the subtle arcs of the clouds above the diving boy - almost as if he has wings. Nice.

Lake View, No Waiting
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:
This among my top scoring entries. An appropriate evocation of the theme with an effective use of DOF (or selection PP blur?) to highlight the subject. Kudos.

Passing By
by giantmike

Comment:
This was among my top picks for this challenge.

I agree with FromDaRock about the feather as the defining feature. While I understand backdoorhippie's comment about the background, I found it to be an interesting part of my viewing. I first saw the background with an indistinct foregroung white object and assumed "floating bird, so what?" The dominant background then led a viewing sequence that ended with an "aha" when I was ultimately drawn to the feather.

Wow, way TMI, let's just say I like this a lot.

Originally posted by FromDaRock: Very nice, the feather helps set this apart from many similar photos. Nice touch.

Originally posted by backdoorhippie: Like it but don't love it - background keeps pulling my eye from the feather.

priority seats
by mitalapo

Comment:
The boy's expression is priceless. The man on the far right looks like he could be B.D. Colen.

Poems for Dogs
by posthumous

Comment:

Originally posted by tnun: I will wait for the audio book.

I suspect the audio frequency will be too high for humans to hear. But, I do think your canine clients will appreciate the carefully chosen color palette of yellow, blue and violet - quite clever, really. I also find it interesting that the image is missing any dog ears... and I presume it might be well accompanied by some flabby preludes by Erik Satie.

d u s k
by Ja-9

Comment:
Hi Janine and greetings from the Critique Club.

Here's a quick summary of what I took away from spending some time with this image...

What caught my attention in a good way was the lovely blue hour light you've captured so well. The color palette is nicely offset by the different temperatures of the artificial light. It all works together very well.
What caught my attention in a "hmmm... I wonder" way was the vertically centered composition with the main subject "bridging" the gap between sky and water. Maybe dropping it a bit more or cropping a bit off the bottom would help.
What caught my attention in a "wish it were different" way was the texture of the water. It seems a bit out of place with the smoothness and calm of the sky. As backdoorhippie noted, a longer exposure would have made a big difference

Overall it's a very pleasant image that captures the gorgeous light of blue hour and punctuates it with highlight of artificial light. It has a sense of cool serenity that is memorable.

- Bill Banning

Wanderers
by ecmguy

Comment:
Guardian of the even toed ungulates. The foreground subject is making a statement for sure.

remembrance
by ubique

Comment:
Persistence of the odd-toed ungulate.