Old Methodist Burying Ground
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Very nice--congrats on your top 10!

Vasquez Rocks
by Telehubbie

Comment:
Gorgeous. Congrat's on your first ribbon. Here's to many more.

Sonoran Spring
by Artifacts

Comment:
Beautiful shot. Congratulations Steve.

Riding the Waves
by mocabela

Comment:
Beautiful! Congrat's Julia!

Mmmmmm
by gaurawa

Comment:
Aww, reminds me of my dog when she was a pup! Very cute!

Twisted Reality
by jcclucci

Comment:
Great job. A twising zoom with a nice stable center! Really well done. 10 from me.

Llewellin English Setter
by Marjo

Comment:
Beautiful shot. Congratulations on this top 10 finish.

On-The-Lookout.jpg
by megryan

Comment:
Great shot indeed. I've never seen one of those here-I am guessing they are not in the northeast. To bad, they are very cool!

My only suggestion is to see if you can bring any detail back to the petals of the white flower -- is it off the histogram, or is this just how it was?

Flowers
by rex

Comment:
I think this is very well done, one of the better entries in the challenge. I think the "lower" average isn't an issue of 1's and 2's--the distribution is quite normal for here, and it has a strong mean at 5. I think the scoring issue is simply DPC tastes. The image lacks the pop or subject twist that is popular here. For what it's worth, I gave it a 7; to me the dark solid border detracks from it's delicate pastel tones and the composition could have been a bit stronger.

Stem in Water
by xonkas

Comment:
This has a good feel overall, and exposure and sharpness are good. To me the composition does not have good aesthetics due to the strong presence of the stems and where they end at the top. Subjectively, my brain sees that part of the picture is missing, more strongly than it sees a nice shot of the glass with some color balance.

I am tempted to say that if you cut the shot at the top of the vase to crop most of the neck out it might work better, but there are downsides to that as well.

The above analysis may just be my own tastes, but since you asked for comments, there they are for your consideration.