Even laurel knows spring is coming!
by hajeka

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties... .

Yet another Team Suck member, treated too harshly by the voters, I feel. That said, I've found that my simple, minimalist images are very hit and miss, more miss than hit actually. I like the colour and the detail. Shallow DOF is a bit distracting though (IMHO). Composition works well for me. Think the voters were a bit harsh in this instance.

Ouch
by Kelli

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I have to say that I cannot even begin to comprehend how this image didn't finish MUCH higher. Great colour, composition, detail, use of shallow DOF (I love the bokeh) ... all excellent. Perhaps a tad soft at the end of the branch, but no way deserving of the punishment it got from voters. I think your title describes your treatment from the voters... "Ouch" indeed. :(

Winter Oaks
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

Love the border... think I might use something like that on my photos ;)

Wonderful colour and detail, and I like the wallpaper pattern feel of the composition.

there
by raish

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

Sorry Peter, but all that comes to me is "I don't get it"... and it's not like others that I didn't get in that they still sparked some interest... I wanted to get them, they kept me looking, intrigued, that the photographer saw something that I didn't... they had something there to hook me... whereas this lacks that hook. Sorry to be so harsh. Just my opinion and worth about as much as you've paid me for it. :)

From The Ground Up
by Luci11e

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I think the last four commenters have said it all, and said it well. "Cluttered" and "undramatic". A different angle, or a different approach could have worked, or if you'd included a point of interest to compliment the branch... a person or animal. it's not a bad image, not by any definition, it's just not interesting enough, especially for the DPC crowd. They're tough!

"The tale of winter branches and old bones" — W. C. Williams
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

Like Melethia's image, this makes me feel like I'm on my back in the park, but unlike hers, it doesn't feel unbalanced and thus, doesn't make me feel like I'm on the ground because I'm drunk. :)

Extension
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

What a great image. Don't feel I gave this enough of a chance when voting... looking at it now, I'm seeing a lot that I don't remember seeing before. Powerful. Beautiful. I can only apologise for not giving it the time, and score it deserves... i.e. should have been up there with my other favourites.

Look up!
by Melethia

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

Nice detail and tones/contrast... While it's a "rather literal interpretation" it's not conventional. No surprise there though... one of the reasons we love you so. I find this image a bit unbalanced, personally... it feels top heavy and makes me feel like I've had too much to drink and laying on the grass in the park waiting for the world to stop spinning. :)

Metro Bank, Paxton St. Branch
by NikonJeb

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

Nice take on the challenge, opting for the bank branch option, which was under represented in the challenge I feel. Great colours, detail and composition, but I feel it may have faired better with the voters if there was a human element within.

home
by skewsme

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

Nice image. Probably suffered because the squirrel is lost a little in the bark behind it (not uncommon for a creature to try to hide)... Great detail and nicely composed IMHO and deserved a bit more love from the voters.