hanging out
by ordinaryangel

Comment:
Reminds me of crows on power lines for some reason. I think this is a good example of how such a normal or unexciting subject can really make for an interesting b/w. Love the tones here.

Day 6: Ripples
by jasonlprice

Comment:
Looks damned good not in person as well. Wonderful gradients and patterns. A beautiful abstract.

Day06 - Another Point of View
by shalrath

Comment:
I like this one and what really nails it for me is the arrow pointing at the guy. Great shot, and well composed.

Day 6 - A Bug's Life
by Budya

Comment:
Like the background. Good detail on the bug as well.

Greetings from Holland!
by Puckzzz

Comment:
Cool photo! Good luck with your moophobia!

Day 6 - Cockle Shells
by figaro

Comment:
A new type of bokeh - cockle bokeh! I like it. This is one of the few times I think a very shallow dof on such a subject enhances the photo for me by magically blending subject into background in a very graceful way.

Smokey Sunset
by cogerox

Comment:
The light on that field of wheat is wonderful. Not sure about the big blown out spot where the sun is, but everything south of that is superb.

Day 05 - Coach
by WalesP

Comment:
Nice portrait with a candid feel to it.

Day 5- Garden Work!
by JLC

Comment:
Are you shooting in manual mode? I am guessing so. The picture is not very sharp and the reason for that is likely the two and a half second shutter speed. You need that shutter speed because the aperture is at F18 so not much light is let in. Besides the obvious downside of a long exposure like that increasing the chance for camera movement, the picture quality itself will start to degrade on a digital camera like the 400D somewhere around F14 or F16 due to light fragementation - some technical thing which I don't remember exactly but Kirbic pontificated on in the forums.

Also if you have photoshop, run a very light smart sharpen over the shot after your final resize. I will usually do something like 50% strength, .03 radius, remove Gaussian Blur - that will tighten things up quite nicely for dpc size images.

Exposure is a bit on the dim side here. Maybe that's your intent.

Could also consider either cropping it so that post on the right is gone or rotating the image so said post is vertically aligned with the side of the frame, keeping the image from feeling/looking tilted.

Day 5: Lace Trimmed View
by glad2badad

Comment:
Made the most of it in my opinion. This is a good shot with lots of interesting detail and nice lighting.