Shipwreck
by Structor

Comment:
Beautiful shot! The vibrant tones on the boat are a nice contrast with muted tones everywhere else. The peeling paint on the boat, the clouds on the sky, the long exposure waves - all add such different textures to the melee. For such a subtle picture, the border is too bold and unnecessary though.

Hogs and Kisses
by Rodert

Comment:
Haha! I remember thinking about a similar shot when I first played the 'Angry birds' seasons of the same title. But this is executed much better than I could've. Love it that the backdrop color matches her eyes. And the whole post-processing adds a wonderful 'technicolor' feel to the shot. Nicely done.

Delicate
by supanova

Comment:
ooh.. "Delicate" is right.
Very sensual - from the subject to the color palette. Love the concept.
However, there's a certain lack of detail that's bothering - either because it's a huge crop or because of heavy noise reduction.

Feather Frenzy
by Samantha_T

Comment:
Hehe :) Good capture of the absolute concentration of the cat.
Nice timing, perfect lighting, and a good conversion to B/W. Good shallow DOF as well, and yet sharp!

Untitled
by jnenvir

Comment:
Nice timing on the collision of a drop and rebound. I know these things are hard, but DPC has an aversion to such drop shots as cliche. Especially in a Free Study - I hope you aren't getting hammered.

As an aside, DPC has also seen some extremely quality work in this aspect, so it's hard to match up to that quality to score well. Here's an example of a drop shot that's done well in FS:

Good luck!

Fusion
by aprudhomme

Comment:
Talk about timing! Nice explosion in the hands.
I think a closeup of the balloon splash without the model's face would do even better (given that he's already wearing a dark tee). I understand there's much hard work involved in getting the timing right, not to mention the patience to clean up afterwards. However, DPCers might find such shots cliched - Good luck!

Colors of The Night
by alexlky

Comment:
What a wonderful set of colors and reflections! Nicely done.
The foreground is more or less a distraction, the rocks don't have much detail or appeal to them, and are only serving as a block to the moon reflection. They're not even needed as a natural border since you already have a bold border. Other than that, I think it's a pretty neat composition even with the Moon in the center.

Moon landscape
by cprintzell

Comment:
That is an alien landscape for sure.. Is that granite or sandstone? Wonderful striations and a nice, balanced composition. Wish that harsh shadow wasn't there though - it's distracting away from the direction of the striations..

Partly Sunny
by essay

Comment:
Wonderful detail and colors on the subject, and a nice unobtrusive background. Love the title, although I think it should be "Mostly Sunny" :)
I do see quite a few jpeg/compression artifacts in the background though - possibly from post-processing?

"Good Morning"
by wildiris

Comment:
Hah! I can almost hear him say so :)

Delightful dew drops, nice bokeh and a wonderful color palette. The subject does tend to get lost in the picture though (I understand that's the intent of Mantis's camouflage).