Trésors Déverrouillés
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Great shot Art, and for once a border that makes the image stronger. And both ended above the fold! You so right.

Message edited by author 2012-03-30 01:54:04.

A Flow of Warmth
by AllenP

Comment:
Skirting the mundane (yawn, another flower shot) and coming up with such a distinct and complete image deserves special recognition. Deciding to go with such a narrow DOF and placing that focus waaaay over tot he side should have been disastrous, but your framing and the swoop of that petal on the left really make it sing.

Sandy Thatch
by giantmike

Comment:
The sun glint puts this one over the top, but I do wish the other bird was not right in line with your main subject.

briefest moment
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
Nice angle, an innovative view of a subject that is not one of my favorites.

My Kingdom
by androgeus

Comment:
A bit on the fuzzy/dim side on my monitor, but the best subject and color match yet. Nice job... mostly. A touch more contrast and sharpening and this would be a sure ribbon winner.

winter shipyard
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment:
I love the shapes here, but I wish you had a bit more color to show us this isn't a de-saturation, a little play of blue and yellow tones would have gone a long way.

Skeleton
by nickyb

Comment:
Simple elegant minimalism. The color balance here is just perfect.

Keys, Shots, Shadows
by banmorn

Comment:
Nice composition, but that big shadow on the right creates too much interest in what is outside the frame casting that shadow. It does give you those cool reflections, but it pulls too much interest away from the keys and the glasses.

Once-useful
by Whebb

Comment:
A lovely collection nicely framed but the lighting lacks drama and the color of that background steals too much attention from the lovely tones in the keys.

It is sometimes annoying to have others say what they would have done, so stop reading now if you like.

Had you shot this on a more color neutral background, with that blue light (from the window ?) on the left and a yellow fill light (like a desk lamp) on the right, you would have brought an equal amount of drama in, but the attention would all be on the subject rather than being shared with the background. To really make it DPC friendly you could have hung the keys from fishing line to break the planarity and show off different facets of the keys.

Prisoners Of Our Own Device
by jagar

Comment:
Somewhere between Jerry Ulesman and Wes Craven lies an image, and this is it. Dark, brooding, somber, lovely, lovely, lovely. The degree of clarity of the key is a bit much, it feels like you pulled it up a bit too strongly in contrast since the blacks there are so much deeper than in the face, so it seems to hop up into the plane of the window instead of sitting behind it. One niggle in a best in show image.