Out of the Vortex
by cpanaioti

Comment:
Almost a great abstract painting (would be without the car). Great action shot. Nice colors. Nice mood coming from this picture. 9 Journey

The Loyal Worker
by paganini

Comment:
I'll be darned, not a macro! And i resent the fact that you proclaim that out of principle you never crop and then end up doing it big time. Whenever i was working on my pictures, i recalled that post and felt so pitiful that i needed to resort so often to cropping.
Funny too, that Gordon said that the saturation hurts his eyes. I really love the colors and it was me who criticized Rockwell's colors :) Thx for the channel mixer tip; for pictures, i tended to use hue/sat.

The Loyal Worker
by paganini

Comment:
Oh, paganini, YOU did this shot? That pleases me to no end!!! I knew of course that this came from a Canon but i was suspecting it was Dadas or Gordon since they both have that great 200mm lens. But since i knew they had both read the Velvia thread they would understand the joke (it was a joke, hope you realize that). I have never given a 10+ to any picture. This is my favorite of all pictures at dpc ever! I am really not a silly goose but this picture is so beautiful, it delights me so that it brings tears to my eyes looking at it. You are such a 'technical' guy (not a put down by any means, merely an observation) but this picture shows that you're really moving around in the domain of Art. I have thought a lot about this picture this week and fully intended to make whoever did this my one and only (so far) favorite photographer. So, there you go! I suspected this picture was too sophisticated to win but that it didn't make the top 10-20 is truly pathetic :) Sorry for writing this book! Btw, did i tell you i LOVE this picture?

Stylin'
by Yomi

Comment:
Well Jubei, i feel you deserve a ribbon more than that other shot (although i gave 10s to both) as technically this is far by the more demanding of the two shots and imho the more sophisticated.. I read some comments here about the shadows; didn't bother me at all, just loved the detail on the beak. Anyway, still a good score and a great picture (which is the most important).

Characteristics
by Paige

Comment:
Cool expressions, nice portraits. I like the subtle minimalism here with a lot of white space. Also like the blurred drop shadows, looks like you used a gradient? even though it caused some banding. 7 Journey

In The Event Of My Demise
by arnit

Comment:
Don't quite understand it, must be Existentialism :) It's dark and gloomy; i like it. I like how you used that cross and the very blurred image to capture the 'demise'. Don't you know blurred images get creamed at dpc? :) Haunting portrait in the middle. Love how everything is black and white except for those blue, blue eyes. These people seem very icelandic to me. Are you who i think you are? 9 Journey
Upped to a 10 - love the artisticity of this image.

Feeling Disconnected
by greenem2

Comment:
There's another submission in the same vein and i like them both. What's very effective here is all the black and the thin white borders. Putting all those body parts in boxes, underscore the sense of feeling disconnected. Well thought out and well done. 8 Journey

I Love you... this much!!!
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
This is relly fun. Here the multi-image doesn't tell a story or show a sequence of events but is effective in underscoring the degree of loving. Nice attention to detail by lining up the arms so well. Very fun and very clean. 8 Journey

Dream Cars
by orussell

Comment:
My dream car is a black Porsche, so what can i say? :) Nice slick presentation. Good pictures (some artifacts on the 996 but that's due to the enormous resizing, i think). A real multi-image. 9 Journey

O Canada
by Jacko

Comment:
Simple, effective, fun presentation. A real multi-image! Even though i don't drink beer, i appreciate this image. The text below is fun too. Good pictures of the beer. 9 Journey