Highly Dangerous entRy
by heavyj

Comment:
This is a real stand-out portrait.

Winter Time
by gsal

Comment:
I LOVE this - composition, lighting, story, colour! I fear it won't score as well as I think it should. A 9 from me.

elder
by Phil

Comment:
Very unusual and well executed portrait.

a line of color in a grey city
by halopes

Comment:
This is the first image that has really grabbed my attention - the use of the yellow and its high saturation really does draw attention to the grey elsewhere in the image. A 9 from me.

Dead Wood & Water
by Paul

Comment:
Kari Ann - many thanks for you critique here and you have picked up on the main thing that is lacking in this shot - the DOF in relation to the composition. I did do a slightly better version that at least was better composed for f/4:



But I had cloned out a power pylon and hadn't received the nod from SC before my submission deadline. I wouldv'e sought clarification before then but only became nervous because of a forum thread I had read - I should've stuck to my guns and stayed with my original.

However, the DOF problem remains in both versions. Getting access to this tree when it is wet is a bit of a challenge - both shots are done with me out of the sunroof of my 4X4 which is sat in a flooded area of the adjacent road; I'd have to trespass to get a better vantage point (the fence and adjacent farm building are out of shot). I wish it had been foggy AND wet on that day, I'd have then been sorted! - see one from a foggy day below:



Again, many thanks for your critique

Paul

Botanic
by dougi555

Comment:
Great image, I'm normally relaxed about borders but I'm sure this one will be hurting your score.

Put a cork in it!
by PaulE

Comment:

Originally posted by tanguera: Why, oh why, did you not clone out that speck on the nose????

That wouldn't be allowed under basic would it??

Ice Storm 2009
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Fantastic perspective. Fabulous subject - especially for those of us who have far less extreme weather.

Sunflower Days
by luvmyaussie

Comment:
Interesting soft feel, a nice contrast to some of the over-sharpened images here. I think I would have liked to have seen a touch more contrast between the petals and the centres of the sunflowers - but perhaps that would throw the whole image off.

Nice work.

Explorer
by SherwinJames

Comment:
I really like this, I suspect it might not do as well as it should.