Hot Bath
by Firstrich1

Comment:
Congrats on another ribbon Richard! I think you and your wife make a great team, considering all four of your ribbon-winning entries have had her as a large part of the composition! I like your composition here (except I might have tried a few shots with the candle behind her head in a different location) -- I tried doing a bathtub shot for the "At Rest" challenge and sort of fell flat. Considering how many DPC voters dislike the shallow DOF thing, you did really well, and, IMHO, it works in this shot.

Touching Up my Shadow
by Beagleboy

Comment:
For the record, I disagree with jmsetzler. When voting, how do you know that the submitter didn't actually airbrush a shadow on to a wall and then set up the shot and take a picture? What if beagleboy "lied" in his "Photographer's Comments" and said exactly that: "I spent the better part of a day tracing my shadow on to the wall and then airbrushed on a dark shade of gray where my shadow would be so it could appear I was touching up my shadow." Would that have made this a better picture? Would you "know" that he wasn't telling the truth? Obviously doing it in "post" is easier, but so is handling your finances with Quicken instead of paper and pencil, or typing and spell-checking a paper in Word instead of using a typewriter and a dictionary. But using Quicken or Word is what you do in the 21st century.

As long as a photograph appears as though it could have been "taken straight from the camera", it most likely maintains photographic integrity in my book.

Message edited by author 2004-02-09 08:17:25.

Touching Up my Shadow
by Beagleboy

Comment:
This was my favorite pic in this challenge. Terrific idea and very well executed. Congrats on the win!

Just A Minute
by Imagineer

Comment:
I'm so jealous that you have a Nixie tube clock! Nice shot; the "cool" background color you chose works well to contrast the "orange hot" glow of the Nixie's...

Fantasia
by Gordon

Comment:
Congrats on achieving the 4th highest rated photo ever on DPC!

This is an awesome shot!

Chairman of the Board
by crabappl3

Comment:
Danny.... congrats on your 4th blue ribbon... a great accomplishment, especially in this challenge! Outstanding post-shot editing as well. Wow!

First Snow
by Crafty Sue

Comment:
I think I would have edited out the yellow "crosswalk" sign. My eye is immediately drawn to it, and I don't think that is the intended "focal point" of your composition, is it?

. _ . _ Morse Code?
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
Nice capture, but it looks "overprocessed" to me. The edges of water look "hard" and not smooth, with a light-blue "streak" on the right side.

Circles and Lines
by Jacko

Comment:
Very cool background! I can't figure out what it is, but I love the soft "rolling" lines. Interesting way to show the diffraction effects (or whatever it is called) of water. If this was in color, the water would remind me of what motor oil looks like on water. Oh, and I really like how the wire is silhouetted as well so that your focus is drawn to the water in the loop and the background.

Winters Tear Drops
by scab-lab

Comment:

Originally posted by scab-lab: Definately caught in mid air Eddie :) Took me quite a bit of shots to get this, but I did this hand held. Good timing, good light, and good luck, was what it took.

That really is an unbelievable capture, and a well-deserved ribbon. I can't believe you got this hand-held! I guess my comment about DOF was a little harsh -- looking at this picture again, I see that the points of all 3 icicle tips are in-focus, which now that I study it some more, I really like! Awesome work as always Gary.