Angelina
by laser

Comment:
Nice effect of the fore and rear bokeh in the grass. The white, etc background cropped out makes a stronger image, in my opinion. Nice focal point. Wish her other eye was more visible or else 'not'.

Luminous
by tomcat

Comment:
Difficult, but the lighting/something seems a bit harsh. The green in the feathers at the back of the head seems blown.

To the Night
by fotomann_forever

Comment:
She looks very young for this costume, make up and 'raising a glass'.

Heart Of The Flower
by SteveJ

Comment:
The anthers closest to the lens in more focus, make this even better in my opinion.

Way out of Here
by CorySmith

Comment:
8 - Unique, that's for sure. If not for the blue, could be over another planet. Minor, but my eye keeps looking at the symmetry. Really like that landscape color and formation.

Sunrise at Castlerigg
by PurpleFire

Comment:
Beautiful colors in the sky and mountains. Like the earthy green in the land. At this size, this image seems so 'confined', just wish I could discern the detail that is likely there 'wall sized'.

Salsa
by jimntonic

Comment:
Like to have seen a little more texture discernible. Looks like natural lighting but not sure it is highlighting this rose, including the color, as well as stronger lighting may have.

The Deserted Pier
by dippydaz

Comment:
9 - Wow. Beautiful pier, exquisitely captured. Love your nice straight lines. At first I wanted to see the sky hold some more interest, but I think it allows the pier to shine through. If anything, maybe a more horizontal crop/more width, but at this size you would likely lose too much. Changing anything about the crop/framing would just create 'another' (excellent) image.

The Great Andromeda Galaxy
by jlanoue

Comment:
See, that's the trouble with putting an image like this in a Free Study where you will get voters who automatically see an image like this and are so stuck in a 'small world' box .... that they think this must be either photoshopped, 'copied from Hubble' or could not be achieved in a single exposure (re the validation (which in this case is a good little 'badge' to have here)). Having said that, I do wish I knew enough about astronomy to comment on this from a scientific point of view (and also photographic, because these images require a developed skill set (and equipment)). However I can comment on the aesthetics and, whilst this is of course a beautiful subject, the colors look slightly washed and the black is not as black as I'd like to see, especially to make the galaxy 'pop' more. I 'guess' it is fairly text book for this galaxy, and it is difficult to make 'creative' suggestions for such an image. The only thing I wonder about is, whether a variation in composition and/or framing might give this an edge over other similar images. I do hope we get an Astronomy Challenge. And, I hope one day to be able to take/create an image like this. Until then I always admire the images of those that do and have some appreciation of the work involved and knowledge required. Hope that all makes sense. Giving this a 7, but one of the most difficult images I've had to score at DPC. Up to 8 from 7 - because of the difficulty involved with this single exposure.

Fiat Lux
by mpeters

Comment:
8 - Very pure feel to this. Well captured.