Sports: Close play at 2nd
by david_c

Comment:
great timing. I'd have cropped closer and lost the SS, but still sports page worthy

With a gust of wind, Chet's birthday took a sudden turn for the worse...
by DrAchoo

Comment:
I gave you a 7 ... loved the set up and toning, figured you had either cloned out a step ladder or had the subject jump off a platform out of the frame. The inability to see his face or any expression that would have furthered the story you're telling here is what stopped it from going higher (along with the fact that there were a ton of great images in this challenge, and I always tend, subconciously at least, to grade on a curve).

underexposed
by bvy

Comment:
Ridiculously low vote that highlights DPC's obsession with technical perfection at the expense of recognizing the type of image that can differentiate a photograph from other types of art. So much more unique and difficult then the typical picture we see around here. The recognition of this moment, and the ability and willingness to capture it, is light years ahead of the typical long-shutter-speed-tripod-in-the-surf type of image that scores well here.

I was one of your 8s.

Survivor
by PhotoDave

Comment:
looks like an ancient bristlecone. I think the horizon line running through the pine kills this. I would have liked to see you get even lower so the sky is more fully behind the tree. Lighting looks a little flat, or maybe you just took too much contrast out in post processing. B+W would have been a good choice here.

Curbed Growth
by amateurboi

Comment:
Sorry, I don't see much of a focal point here, and there's just not that much visual interest to draw me into the image.

One
by k9logic

Comment:
like the high key, but not the composition. I think a tighter crop to focus the eye on one of the side branches, perhaps the one hanging down in the middle, would have worked better.

Pleading Branch
by Ammie

Comment:
not liking the downward angle of the shot or the lighting and shadows on the hand. The leaves in the background running through the hand hurt this as well. Comes off as a casual snapshot without much thought behind it.

there
by raish

Comment:
white balance kills this for me, as does the foreground distractions in the lower left of the frame.

Which Line To Him? Main or Branch?
by smichener

Comment:
Nice change of pace for this challenge. Good comp and processing, but would like to see one more element in the frame to really make it pop .... an interesting character (big daddy) walking along the tracks in the distance would be perfect

Fairy Lights
by MaryO

Comment:
well done image; reminds me of something I'd see on a sympathy card. well done.