Extreme Fishing
by Wildcard

Comment:
Wow, this is really cool! It really conveys the magnitude of the sea compared to the fisherman. Hemingway would have approved :)

Moose
by Emerkaza

Comment:
Wow! I've never seen one of these in real life! Quite a friendly looking creature really. Nice shot, and the direction of the light is good. However, I would have been tempted to play with creating some new shadows and highlights in pp to guide the viewer's eye more - like darken bits of the background, and add some subtle highlights to the moose's face to make it more obviously the main focus of the picture.

There's a tutorial about it here.

tulips-in-the-hosp-rm-x.jpg
by JerseyGenie

Comment:
Wow, I really like this! Totally captures the hospital experience, I love all the details present in the picture (I ended up in hospital for a couple of days last summer, and this totally brought back memories).

I think the pp worked really well, it makes the picture more pleasant by removing it from reality a bit, but at the same time, the capture remains very real.

Light on white Outtake
by mist

Comment:
Aww, what a nice shot! So sad :(

Yes, the extra couple of editing steps improve it dramatically. The colours in the original still look quite vivid, and the background's quite dark, so it would've gotten a bunch of dnmc votes. On the other hand, this one doesn't have that problem, and looks a lot more delicate, which fits the subject matter well.

no flying
by skewsme

Comment:
At first glance, the colour makes the picture look kind of non-descript, monotonous and lacking in detail. Which is why it comes as a surprise when at second glance you discover that the picture is actually extremely detailed, and has interesting light and all sorts of things. At third glance it all suddenly clicks into place, and you realise what you're looking at.

Good picture! I'm impressed this was done in minimal editing. I actually prefer this one to the photo you did enter, but I expect it would have scored horribly, as the average voting time per picture probably wouldn't allow people to get past the first glance impression (and at first glance, I would've quickly given it a 4)

Purple
by Kivet

Comment:
An extreme hue shift? (must be, right? I'd be amazed if this is for real)

Much as I like the colour, looking at this picture actually hurts my eyes. The shades of purple clash with the colour of the vegetation. Nice perspective in the distance.

Interesting but painful.

travel-anne_hathaway2.jpg
by michael_p

Comment:
Wow, beautiful colours! Very pretty. A possible objection would be that the shot is too busy, but I think it does work well as it is.

Grant\'s Cat.jpg
by bryantbus

Comment:
Aww, so cute! Nice sharp shot, lovely colours, I love those blue eyes and how fluffy it looks!

The only strange thing about it is that it looks a bit as if it's hovering in mid-air...

But is it Art?
by quiet_observation

Comment:
One could argue yes, certainly :)

Great picture. I love the outline of light around the snowman.

Stop Hitting Yourself
by meyers

Comment:
Makes me think of Fight Club.

The light doesn't really work - if you want to blend two images well, make sure the direction of the light is the same in both photos.