high flier
by suemack

Comment:
Beautiful!

Freedom
by talikf

Comment:
Great job! Totally edgy and hip.

In the Beginning, God created the Heavens
by surfdabbler

Comment:
Excellent! Very creative. Anyone who uses Mythbusters for technical inspiration gets my vote!

Andrea
by latentflip

Comment:
For the most part, it's a lovely shot. She looks comfortable with the camera, and it's a nice pose. The dappled sunlight isn't helping you much, though. Her chest and shoulder are too hot compared to the rest of her. I haven't tried to balance flash with dappled sunlight, so I don't know for sure, but you might try a little more flash, to blow out the sun. Or put her in a different spot. But this is already better than what the family back home will be expecting, and I assume Andrea is quite happy with it. Good job.

Celestial Collision
by Judi

Comment:
Lots of popping balloons in this challenge, but this is one of the best. Nice job.

Judo
by Stagolee

Comment:
That looks like it's going to hurt.

Sole Survivor
by jdannels

Comment:
Congrats! This is one of your best. I love the silkiness and unreality of the whole thing.

Shake
by Simms

Comment:
Love it! I can feel the water!

Flower Child
by timfythetoo

Comment:
This is really beautifully done, Tim. You're really getting the hang of the kid portraiture thing.

Smokin' Dewalt
by RegencyRiggs

Comment:
Welcome to DPC, Will!

It's not a bad shot, but from the DPC perspective, it suffers from a couple of things...

* It's too complicated. You only have 640 pixels to work with, and voters only look at an image for 2 seconds before voting. Anything complicated will get whacked in voting. You have to create an image that says what you're trying to say in really simple terms, with nothing else to take the viewer's attention. The kinds of things that work as large, detailed prints often don't work at DPC.

* Subject. It looks like your subject is a "no smoking" sign, because the sign is the best lit part of the shot. A more interesting subject will get more interesting votes.

* Lighting, clarity, sharpness, etc. General technicals are okay, but nothing special.

* Meeting the challenge. I may be wrong, but it *appears* that there's more than one light source lighting things in the shot. It doesn't really matter if you're actually meeting the challenge. It's all about appearances. If the voters think you're not meeting the challenge, you'll get beat up, especially if there's any other problems with the photo.

Hope this helps.