Where did that ladybug go?
by Judi

Comment:
This one needs some work. The lighting is pretty harsh and the subject is a stretch for the challenge, in my opinion. I see the nine, but your title suggests that I should be looking for bugs instead of numbers. I also see a lit of noise, most likely from the harsh lighting. 3.

Stacked, shelved, stocked
by bcenu

Comment:
This is a tough one to offer critique and suggestion. First of all, I have no idea what I am looking at, so it is difficult for me to relate to the subject or understand how it should look. Next, it just seems like a snapshot of an odd object with 9 levels on a store shelf; or perhaps 9 objects. I do appreciate that the focal plan is where my eye agrees with it. I don't care for the centered composition in this one, especially with the empty area below and to the right of the subject. That creates a hole and drags my eye right into it. I do like the lighting and colors you captured on the subject. That adds a good deal of interest even without knowing what I am looking at. Even with the interest, there are many flaws that detract from the score. I see it as a 3.

Incomplete
by Connor

Comment:
Ouch. If you've gone through voting, you've probably seen that there is another image similar to this one. I prefer this one. I like the creativity of the arms on black. It provides for a very appealing image for my eye to roam. I would like to see a little better lighting on the arms and hands themselves. I think your score could grow considerably with a slightly better tonal range. As it is, I give it a 6.

Time Slows to a Snail's Pace When the Workday Begins
by Sioux

Comment:
This is one of the more interesting of the many, many clocks in the challenge. I do appreciate your added creativity and titling here. I like the point of view you chose and I almost like the composition. I think that this one would have worked even better as a square. There is something off about the overall image quality, though. The focus seems to be on, but not crisp. I see a lot of haloing around the image elements. Still, nice creativity that I will score a 5.

Month 9 = Spring
by tinkie2010

Comment:
I like your subject matter here, as well as the somewhat muted tones. I think that I'd like to see the white balance just a few Kelvin cooler, and the half frame really hurts this image. There are times that the half frame is effective in adding to the composition and image quality, but I don't think that this is one of those cases. It just adds to the feeling that the top and bottom were chopped off. I score it a 5, mostly based on the fairly interesting subject that you have chosen.

Half Full
by silverhawk

Comment:
I like the super-shallow depth of field, but it leaves me wondering if it was achieved with aperture or post-processing. The panoramic-type crop doesn't seem to suit the image very well to my eye. I'd like to see a more creative arrangement and composition rather than the straight line. 4.

Splashdown Squares 09/09/09
by bcrants

Comment:
I actually like the idea of capturing all three nines, but the poor image quality paired with the commonality of the splash photo here on DPC do a great deal of harm to the scoring potential you started with. I'd like my eye to be able to better key in on crisp focus rather than noise and blown highlights. A score of 4 from me.

09.11.2001: Never Forget
by Five_Seat

Comment:
Nor will I. At the time of the attacks, I was working as a paramedic in Atlanta. My roommate woke me up a few minutes before the second plane struck. I was groggy from the night shift before and very, very confused when the second one crashed. I was initially asking if they were showing a replay. All too soon I realized the tragedy of what had just unfolded and the probable loss of life and those that I considered brothers and sisters that was about to take place. I went into work at 2 PM and we were flooded with panic attacks from our very delicate psych patient population. Hell, we were all struggling with the same concerns and losses. It was very, very difficult to maintain compassion with that particular population that day, but we managed. After about 5 or 6 of those calls, we were dispatched on an 86 year old lady that had fallen down her front porch steps. When we got there, there was a small, frail Hispanic lady lying in her front yard apologizing for being so much trouble in her very broken and difficult to understand English. We packaged her, gave her some medicine for the pain, and I drove in while my partner attended to her in the box. Her daughter rode in with me and her English was even more broken than her mother's. We were pulling onto Peachtree RD when her daughter looked over at me with tears rolling down her face. She said, "I am so apology and hurt for what your country hurts today." I lost it. I had to pull over and cry like a baby for a couple of minutes. She was still concerned for her mother, but it was almost like she could sense the difficulty of whet we were going through as emergency responders that day. She honestly seemed upset that she needed our help. That two minute exchange is how I will always remember that day. It was a family member of a patient that took care of me that day. She probably had no idea that her exact words were what I needed to hear that day to make me OK. To me its a bit more than Never Forget. I look at it as Always Remember. Nice capture that will surely always bring up the entire range of emotions in my little head.

Nine Eleven Memorial
by Dano6

Comment:
A scene and time period that will forever stay on the forefront of my memory.. At the time of the attacks, I was working as a paramedic in Atlanta. My roommate woke me up a few minutes before the second plane struck. I was groggy from the night shift before and very, very confused when the second one crashed. I was initially asking if they were showing a replay. All too soon I realized the tragedy of what had just unfolded and the probable loss of life and those that I considered brothers and sisters that was about to take place. I went into work at 2 PM and we were flooded with panic attacks from our very delicate psych patient population. Hell, we were all struggling with the same concerns and losses. It was very, very difficult to maintain compassion with that particular population that day, but we managed. After about 5 or 6 of those calls, we were dispatched on an 86 year old lady that had fallen down her front porch steps. When we got there, there was a small, frail Hispanic lady lying in her front yard apologizing for being so much trouble in her very broken and difficult to understand English. We packaged her, gave her some medicine for the pain, and I drove in while my partner attended to her in the box. Her daughter rode in with me and her English was even more broken than her mother's. We were pulling onto Peachtree RD when her daughter looked over at me with tears rolling down her face. She said, "I am so apology and hurt for what your country hurts today." I lost it. I had to pull over and cry like a baby for a couple of minutes. She was still concerned for her mother, but it was almost like she could sense the difficulty of whet we were going through as emergency responders that day. She honestly seemed upset that she needed our help. That two minute exchange is how I will always remember that day. It was a family member of a patient that took care of me that day. She probably had no idea that her exact words were what I needed to hear that day to make me OK. To me its a bit more than Never Forget. I look at it as Always Remember. Nice capture that will surely always bring up the entire range of emotions in my little head.

Nine Volt
by Andrew1023

Comment:
Interesting, and I am interested in your setup and actions here. The frame is far too busy and very unnecessarily so. The one, apparently exploding battery on that nicely reflective surface would have been sufficient for the image. The added batteries and their reflection make this one too busy with all the action already present. I'd also like to see the background nearly empty to nicely isolate your subject even more. Creative and interesting even with my perceived flaws. 5.