sax
by AP

Comment:
Hah! Bad taste indeed. You know what - this is one of those that wouldnt score well at DPC, but put this on a canvas print at 20x30 (at least) and I bet you would sell a couple of them - more than I would if I did the same with my recent cardinal shot. Personally I would love to have this image as my own. And if it were mine I would have easily entered it over the image I did. No second thoughts. Forget the score - you have a great image here.

Geometric Interruption
by LanndonKane

Comment:
I didnt vote in this challenge but doing a quick browse of the image snow this stands out strong. Very very nice.

Before laserjets and inkjets
by Melethia

Comment:
Made top 15 - very nice Deb!

Majestic
by alanfreed

Comment:
Nice work Alan. Congrats on top 10.

Lilac-breasted Roller
by Quasimojo

Comment:
Well done. Congrats on the new whopper of a PB and honorable mention.

White Balance
by yakatme

Comment:
Well done! I figured yours had to be blue. Great score you got there. Congrats!

Dinner Time at the Old Oak Tree
by Gatorguy

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon and new PB! Very well done.

M.
by malina

Comment:
Have to agree with my wife. This was one of my handful of 8s in the challenge. Great shot.

Kuba1
by malina

Comment:
Another lovely image.

On the sharpening - do you sharpen after you resize? I actually do very little sharpening on my full size images and then do an unsharpen mask at 135/.4/2 on the resized image. This seems to really make my web sized images pop and tweaks the contrast nicely.

Fairy Dust
by JuliBoc

Comment:
Hey Julianne - I voted on this before knowing it was yours so no conflict of interest here. Here is my first reaction - I don't usually much care for pics of toys or figurines. They really need to be shot creatively and be technically sound for them to grab me. This one just doesnt do that for me. It looks pretty rough IMO from a technical POV. Pretty grainy, his eyes look pretty blocky (though that could just be how they are), it just isnt up to the quality that I know you are capable of. Composition wise its pretty flat. The background part on the left feels messy. And the border really isnt good. The flourescent green actually draws my eye rather than complimenting the image. Had this been a person rather than a figurine it would be scoring higher. But again - for me, a toy shot really has to be technically on and have a strong creative bent to have me score it high. Looking through your portfolio its clear that you do excellent work. Great portriats and lovely nature shots. This one just doesn't live up to what you are capable of.

Hopefully this isnt too harsh. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback for me. I would be glad to discuss anything I said that you may feel is out of line.