Market Man
by insteps

Comment:
I can't tell if this is posed or a street shot, but in the end it doesn't matter because either way the image says a lot about your subject and his environment. Nice job.

The Butterfly Keeper
by nam

Comment:
Nicely done in getting his personality to shine through.

The Final Word
by mrchhas

Comment:
Heads and shoulders above the rest. Location, composition and processing are spot on. Congrats on the ribbon (and if it ain't blue I will be shocked!)

Hogwarts
by vikas

Comment:
Great pic ... I think I recall seeing Crouse College look just like that after a few too many on M Street back in the day.

Twosome
by h2

Comment:
Nice eye. I liked it better without the walkway and people at the bottom.

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.