All By Myself
by Sunshine86

Comment:
No offence, but I think this would have looked better without you in it. The rustic look of the old building really lends itself to the sepia. The addition of something 'modern' (you) detracts a little IMO. Still scored it well tho.

Moody Mountain
by BaldurT

Comment:
This is a great pic, but I actually think you've done it a disservice by converting it to duotone. I really want to see the colours in the rocks etc because the texture and contrast alone aren't enough to prevent a certain sameness to a lot of the image. Still a nice capture.

Blue Morning
by qmdi

Comment:
I'm pretty sure I've seen this jetty a few times before on DPC, only last time it was more colourful! Nicely done. The clouds make the pic.

Breaking News: Dog Occupies North Korea
by brianeden

Comment:
Maybe this would've worked better if the world wasn't upside down?

Silence
by pix-are

Comment:
The starkness of this scene really lends itself to b/w. Can't make up my mind whether I'd prefer it with a longer DOF or not.

The fires of sunset from the other side of midnight
by Rikki

Comment:
This is nice, but I'll bet the sunset looked even better in colour, so why spoil it by converting to sepia? Still gave you a good score for the quality of the image.

Reflections
by PaulE

Comment:
I'm guessing here, but I reckon this would have looked better in colour as the reflection suggests a low, setting sun which probably looked cool. That being the case, why convert to sepia just for the sake of entering the challenge? Also, the building seems to have a bit of lean going. :-)

Winter Brown
by Pug-H

Comment:
I'm sorry, but your subject matter just doesn't 'grab' me and I find the harsh lighting from the left side and the resultant shadown on the right a little distracting.

Bird in Space
by Keith Maniac

Comment:
Very cool.

Vogue
by idnic

Comment:
You're a pro with 17,000 pics to choose from, many of which you rate as excellent and yet this is your selection as your best of the year. I like this image and would have been happy to have taken it myself, but for a pro I'm surprised you're that happy with it (because of the shiny skin, cropped chin etc that others have mentioned).