Day 5
by EBJones

Comment:
Hi Eric.

Have to say on this one I'm not a fan of the over saturated feel. I think it would have been a lot more dramatic to go closer to the desaturated side but still leave hints of color in the image. Doing so would leave very little green (bushes become less of a focal point) and the grass along the road and the red hints of the smokestacks put the opposing forces in their natural place.

Oversharpen a bit to give it a gritty feel and the whole thing becomes dirty...just like that smoke.

Boats X 3
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
The composition is great in this picture. It comes off as an un-bordered triptych. Why did you not spend any time post processing? A short work in PS would greatly enhance the image and take it to a better level where the people who spend two seconds viewing an image might decide to spend more time on this one.

Perhaps burn the water and sky a bit. Dodge the whites of the vessels and drop a strong sharp on it. At least a point if not two in a challenge setting.

fence
by whiterook

Comment:
While the sunlight may have overpowered this image, I think that if you had boosted the contrast in an editing program, you would have found more depth of color in the subject matter may have offset the lighting challenges.

Day-6-Rural-Ontario..jpg
by Ivory

Comment:
Very ominous... Looks like a daylight scene from Steven King's 'The Fog.' Never know what's up around that corner there.

Xion's Prose
by jdannels

Comment:
Wicked Cool!

Stair Case
by jdannels

Comment:
Gritty, urban, nice abstract view!

Color At The Library
by jdannels

Comment:
Yup ... I DO like this one much better. It comes off like the silo is flat and there is a 3D hand like he's part of the exhibit!

At the Library
by jdannels

Comment:
Nice catch with the light on the hand and the slight highlighting of the earphones. This is a well composed shot. A bit tilted to the left, but very artsy nonetheless.

Day 05 - Satelite
by JimyThing

Comment:
Hi David.

I have to admit that I am no longer a fan of the 'long-exposure red-shift' light trick that digital cameras often play on us. If you have PS or PS elements, a curve change might correct this, but I find the easiest cheat here is to convert to b/w and eliminate the red altogether.

Your clone tool or healing brush will eliminate the smudges for the most part and even in basic editing, you'll want to eliminate those quickly to save a point or two in the challenges.

My house... is in the middle of the street.... My house...
by TCGuru

Comment:
Hi Johnna.

This looks like your camera chose to focus on the tree on the left side and that the aperture was set very wide. If you can control the ISO rating on your camera, try moving it up to a higher rating and see if you can force the aperture to a deeper focal length (5-8)...you'll have to be very steady, because the shutter speed will be a lot slower, but your focus area will give you a lot more room to play with.