Silky Web
by bnilesh

Comment:
beautiful... great original composition, 8

Curl
by Melethia

Comment:
interesting and delicate .. nice take on the challenge

Golden Lab
by jdennique

Comment:
would work better if the photo was sharper... pet portraits do not go over well on this site but if you put them on they have to be TACK SHARP

Like honey to a bee
by WalesP

Comment:
love the shot and the tones, only thing that troubles me is the composition as it just seems awkward for some reason... but still 8

The Mantis
by MattO

Comment:
looks like a guaranteed top 5... congrats, tack sharp and fits the challenge to a tee

Middleton Doll
by Melethia

Comment:
first blue!!! and what a score. Huge congrats, so well done.

Eagle Creek Trail- Columbia River Gorge
by smichener

Comment:
yeah that's a bummer on that water droplet man, on closer inspection it does change the photograph quite a bit when you remove it as it now looks like a cloud and part of the original photo. But it would be legal in adv. editing, so that's sort of unfair I think, but then again you have to draw the line somewhere. IMO removing sensor dust is not qualitatively different from removing a water droplet or sun flare, but I suppose you have to draw the line somewhere. Anyway, it is still a great photo and DID in fact place high with voters, I'm sure you'll make it back to the top 5 in short order :)

Eagle Creek Trail- Columbia River Gorge
by smichener

Comment:
so what was this DQ'd for Steve?

Rose clouds before Ribs
by smichener

Comment:
I gave this a 7 and enjoyed this pic. I think it scored lower than a 6 (unfairly so, IMO) b/c the details in the trees and bushes looks too fuzzy and granulated somehow, and b/c of the slightly unrealistic color scheme. It just has too much Magenta in it, perhaps this could it could be fixed by setting a 'black point' with the eye dropper in curves. Or by going into selective color and going into the neutrals and pumping more black into them. I like 'unrealistic' shots and i think the composition is just great here, but somehow it looks like there is an accidental magenta cast rather than a deliberate attempt at making the picture magenta. Still, I would have pegged this at a 6.3 i don't get how it scored so low!

Do I look like a 17 year old?
by HeiSch

Comment:
5.96??!?! wth, this is ridiculously under-appreciated. Allow me to be your first fave. Great detail, thing looks like an alien and it scares me.