Evening Closing In
by posthumous

Comment:
I think the water and trees are a wee bit too dark. The sky is awesome. Basic editing's a beach, huh? Still, this is definitely an 8.

Closing Time
by DistantColours

Comment:
Nice idea. If the finger and cover had shown more motion I think it would have added to what is a very smooth effect. I'm voting 9.

closing the gap
by skewsme

Comment:
This is gotta take a ribbon. Great title, subject, composition, colors, DOF; this has it all and is a "10" in my book. Nice job.

Frivolity
by philup

Comment:
Love it!

The Entertainer
by BrianR

Comment:
This is great. Very appropriate title, too. A little tight on the bottom crop, though--just a little more space between the edge and the tail feather would have helped if you had it available.

fly-ing Solo
by bryantbus

Comment:
This is a very cool shot. The ethereal "glow" under the frog is very compelling (like WHAT is it?) and really balances the composition on that side against the reflection on the right. The sharp focus on the frog also strikes a great balance against the reflected object on the right, too. And the colors are so "together". And the wide crop is perfect, too. However... there's a massive dust spot at about 1 o'clock off of the frog which really detracts. Other than that, this picture is definitely a "9".

Sleep Well till Morning
by MAK

Comment:
i dropped a copy of this into Photoshop and it really looks 100% better on a black background. it's really an 8 or 9, but the light background is going to confuse some people, imho. anyway, very nice shot! it would be nice if dpc let us have a "preference" for the background color when judging some of these entries.

Madrone
by Blackbox

Comment:
VERY nice. some might not, but i really like the dof you chose.

Arson Tree Terror
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
i'm going to haunt you for life if you don't, after the voting ends, and give us some details on the circumstances surrounding this shot after I'm giving you an 9 for a score. so please, what's up with this shot? what's the white, dome-shaped object near the top?

Stunted
by temba

Comment:
this picture cries out for a dark background. dpc's webpage doesn't do it justice. very moody and nice shot.