Pollenation ..Natures` messy free lunch
by geewhy

Comment:
You keep good company, may I say? Look at the shots around you (or more particularly the photographers) in this challenge's placings.

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Mountain Light
by dsidwell

Comment:
What, I haven't commented yet? Many congratulations on (yet) another ribbon David. Worthy of Brian Kossof, if it weren't for the aspect ratio: obviously your studying has paid off :-)

Messy
by eweb

Comment:
The fine line between chaos and mess, and I'm not quite convinced you're on the right side of it. Not thhat I think it's possible to vote with that in mind, really. My first reaction is that this is lacking in contrast, both in subject matter and in processing - obviously the tonal range through out the image is very broad, but I think that pile of sticks lacks strong definition, and it would sit more happily in the composition with the tarpaulin covered thing if it were more defined.

Natural Madness
by frumoaznicul

Comment:
Reminiscent of M. Beguin ... not only in the treatment of tone and contrast, but in the slightly unorthodox but yet effective composition. Oh to have this kind of eye ...

Banana, anyone? :)
by rj324

Comment:
For your sake, I really hopr that turd's as fake as it looks ...

Last century fish containers
by heida

Comment:
Technically lovely photograph - keeps the impression of the dynamic range of the scene without resorting to over-exposure. Good work.

Dyslexia
by robsmith

Comment:
Neatly done - especially the highlighting of that row of letters, whish is kept within the good dynamic range of the rest of the shot. The barrel distortion is still present, though I think you've done well to keep it to a minimum. There isn't in the end enough appeal in the actual shot, for me - it's a touch too bluntly only about those letters. Perhaps you might have experimented with other means of framing this one?

Rainy Days
by mariomel

Comment:
I have a fondness for this kind of stuff - I find it evocative (perhaps I just have a fondness for this kind of mood, really). I do wish you hadn't done that with the border though - it rather puts it into the faux art greetings-card terrritory, rather than letting the mood stand on its own. Which is not to say I don't think it will be effective here ... I wish, in terms of dpc entries, my visual imagination extended to such things. A very good shot, flawed. 8.

Out of Control
by jab119

Comment:
Interesting entry. There's something about it which says 'too obvious' to me - in that it was exactly what I was expecting to see in this challenge. I'm not sure it'll do so well, perhaps bordering on the too abstract for here, and in fact I think I'd have to concur with that - after some thought, it's just not my cup of tea. Unfortunately, voting is subjective ...

Out of Chaos
by rhipster

Comment:
Highly proficient - good sense of smoothness and weight in the stones - the green has the look of over-sharpening, but that may just be the way it looks (!). A very dpc photo, I would say - so proficient not only in its technique but in its targeting of audience. I'm sure it will do well.