Nightlight
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
That's one fine shot, man. Rotation seems fine to me. The implied vertical dead-center is spot-on. You absolutely MUST clone green onto those white leaves, and perhaps mute the brighter greens a little bit as well.

Beautiful capture.

Connected v.1
by just-married

Comment:
That's exceptionally nice. Two things that strike me favorably are the silhouette-that's-not-a-silhouette (perfectly exposed/processed) and the very odd fact that the lighting makes it look like the girl is IN the tank, underwater, and the turtle is OUT of the tank, floating in space.

The thing I'd change (very minor nit) is to crop just a tad off top and left to get rid of that tiny anomaly of the right rear flupper behind the shell int he upper left corner.

Lightning
by elsapo

Comment:
SUPER cool shot, man. Instant fave for me.

Cosmic Energy
by Rooster

Comment:
VERY sweet image, Rooster. Try trimming a hair off the top, just down to the OOF dark green blob on the back leaf. There's just a tad too much space at the top of this image I think. Of course, I don't know how that would effect its print size accuracy for DPC prints.

airborne
by arngrimur

Comment:
This is absolutely beautiful and answers the challenge extremely well.

elegant
by hopper

Comment:
This is a flawless B/;W conversion. My hat's off to you! One of my favorites on the more conventional side of th challenge, though there are some striking images that reach further for their edgy effect that i also love. Very nice work and an 8 from me.

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
by postoakinversion

Comment:
This is a beautiful rendering of this fine (and famous) subject. It's very well lit, with great control of perspective. Nice B/W conversion as well. In all respects (speaking as a retired architectural photographer) I love this image. But it doesn't really answer the challenge especially well, being a full tonal range image that happens to have a dark sky and some deep sahdows on the left. The subject itself, in fact, is rather muted of contrast. I give it a good score because it's not toally off-base, of course, but I don't think it's quite as responsive tot he challenge as mano of the other images.

Do I understand your question then, is it hopeless and forlorn?
by fstopopen

Comment:
Shelter from the storm, eh? Very nice shot. Love the title.

Dark Lenses
by samtrundle

Comment:
Had this one picked to ribbon, Sam. Great shot!

Dark & Light
by Travis99

Comment:
Congrtas on your first ribbon!