Ripples
by ScottK

Comment:
Rather good this. Great sense of texture, great depth, beautiful progression of light. Feels a touch not straight, to me: may simply be an optical illusion from the curve of the banding: looking at the very top of the thing though, that impression is reinforced. Fairly minor point though. Best so far.

lakeside textures
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
Good showing of the surface of the water, but the reflections and the presence of that stalk kind of let the thing down - I think perhaps you've fallen between two stools somehow - it's neither a shot of reflections nor purely of the patterns formed by water. Well exposed though, and with good detail.

The texture of a handworked timber
by jgawrych

Comment:
This appears quite indistinct - not simply because of the very shallow depth of field bt more because that area within the focal plane doesn't have the quality of light needed to really show the texture. There are areas where the feel ought to be evident, but the distinction between those and the more out of focus areas is small.

Pocket change
by dtouch1

Comment:
Wonderfully controlled lighting and exposure - not losing the brightness of the subject, yet without that glare so very common in these shots. Very slight drift of focus to the left of frame I think, just doesn't have quite the sparkling sharpness of the other.

Feel Thy Eye.
by movieman

Comment:
Peculiar composition, this. Not sure what you were trying to communicate, but that expanse of slightly over-exposed skin left of frame is quite a distraction.

Rusty Stack
by caba

Comment:
Tonally, and technically in terms of detail, faultless. my first reaction was to wish you hadn't included the bunrt-out sky, and then to think how you might have avoided it ... couldn't say, but just 'cos it couldn't be helped doesn't mean it's good. Still, the rest of the image is excellent, love the movement from colour to reflected light as the eye follows around the stack.

Bird of a Feather
by dan_pendleton

Comment:
Excellent close-up, great definition, detailing, colour. Long lens or patience? I actually think it's too close to do very well here - the real grace in the animal is lost when you get so close, and they start to look more like the bruisers that they are - and ugly don't do so good on dpc. Top woork though.

Sand Dollar in the Sand
by Zoomdak

Comment:
There's a suggestion of evening about this - the warm and cool light from either side, and also in the tones of the sand. A sort of mourbful image, i think. Probably not eye-catching enough for dpc, but nice work, and thanks for sharing it.

Soft, Yet Tough
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
Great capture of the detail of the boot, great impression of texture. Nothin to propel my vote beyond a 6 though - just lacks that spark of inspiration somehow. Strong compositionally though - real graphic elements, and effective.

Wipe It On
by monxi

Comment:
Poor. Almost no detail, and although the light appears to have been good for this challenge shot, the small image size and that lack of detail barely let it show.