Pond Skimmer
by bobnospum

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 8s - I like it. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. Not my usual cup of tea but this is so well constructed, it got me to stop and look.
2. Nailed focus - crucial in a shot like this.
4. A complete lack of motion unsharpness too - again, crucial.
5. Great colours counterpointing the largely monochromatic water.
6. Killer reflection.

A technical tour de force.

dpc
by njsabs

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 9s - I like it very much. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. I love the low contrast look of this - I'm never brave enough to do it.
2. I love the compositional contrast between the pristine model and the murky background.
3. I'm fascinated by how calm, comfortable and serene she looks despite her precarious perch.
4. I like the overall oddness of the scene.

Lovely stuff.

Heritage Trail
by hesitant

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 9s - I like it very much. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. Perhaps over-crisp for some but I really enjoy this high-structure look.
2. Superb composition
3. The applied vignette matches the scene well
4. The cyclist adds a vital splash of dynamism.
5. Great tones.

A very enjoyable image.

up
by mitalapo

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 9s - I like it very much. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. Utterly fabulous composition
2. Superb colours
3. Very interesting main character
4. Such light!

Marvellous.

Never Again
by jagar

Comment:
This image has caused me to stop and pay attention. That means it is in my 7-10 voting band. (Voted earlier)

Additionally, it is highly interesting/eclectic meaning it keeps me here long enough to offer a longer comment and a vote of 8 or more.

This is one of my 10s - I like it very much. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:

1. Tonally and given the glow (and stonework), this looks like one of John's
2. A very evocative image that brings mixed emotions
3. I think the image makes a connection - this is most acutely felt through the capture of her arthritic, oedematous hands

Overall it's a bold, slightly in-you-face image that communicates humanity well.

Water from beneath the sand
by otto22

Comment:
Pristine image, superbly processed. Well done on the ribbon.

The Conversation
by vawendy

Comment:
Congrats on the Blue Wendy. You set the bar for birds.

Outdoor Portrait Shooting
by insteps

Comment:
I love how you've arranged them and how the sequence of the extend moment is shared. The set has an honest impact that carries much gravitas

1-San-Francisco
by sfalice

Comment:
When I saw this title slide I thought I wouldn't like your bold and large border. As I moved through the images I found I was wrong - it works well.

The whole set is very coherent and hangs together nicely, I particularly like the ones with swathes of black with high contrast and some glow.

The selective desaturation is more problematic for me - on some images it works really well, on others not at all well - I'm not sure why.

Overall though, a fine and interesting job.

Phonebox
by Paul

Comment:

Originally posted by tome: Fantastic, an image made to win. In its own concept, it's almost too perfect, everything is perfectly cut, nothing out of place. I almost want to find a flaw. But I'm repeatedly drawn to that path in the distance, reminding me of DaVinci. Fabulous, congrats on the double blue!

Goodness. Thank you!