Shay No. 7
by Ken

Comment:
That's some smokestack!

Engine 88
by temba

Comment:
Good choice of location to make the composition, and good timing to catch it there. Wish there had been a little more light on the engine/foreground; I understand rescheduling trains is not always an option : )

Picture 149ThePanzFrame.jpg
by pawdrix

Comment:

Originally posted by biteme: you're getting good at these candids! I like this one. Perfect time, perfect place. The drawing at the wall makes it complete. The fact they're both looking at the other way adds to the atmosphere. Nice job :)

Almost word-for-word what I was going to write before I scrolled down the page. : )

Hawk, by Isaac
by GeneralE

Comment:
Here he is, taking this picture (or one very like it!):

Photograph the Hawk
by GeneralE

Comment:
Here's the picture he was taking:

Cran-Raspberry
by GeneralE

Comment:
This spread is pretty interesting:

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Here's the reworked version, which I'm pretty sure would have done better with the DPC voters:

Jar Jar Was Stunned ...
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by cryingdragon: I think this would have done much better if there wasn't as much PP. Jar Jar looks like he was drawn onto the wood background and not a figurine. I think if he would have been really crisp and clear, this would have done better.

Thanks for the comments!

Since this was a tribute to a cartoon, I felt it appropriate to try and give it a cartoony appearance, especially after I saw how bad the original looked (see below). I also wanted to add an element of unreality by having the shrimp obviously real.

If I had had more time available I would have looked for a better background than the wood, but I was quite rushed when I took this, I think in the last hour before submission time. I was originally going to do this with a T rex, but I couldn't find my son's toy dinosaur collection in time; Jar Jar was a compromise.

Resized, RGB Curve, USM:

Powerlines against Dark Clouds
by tamatama

Comment:
Some of my best sunsets have powerlines too -- if I can't avoid them, I try to incorporate them into the composition as you have.

artifical light has remade the world
by ralph

Comment:
Interesting variation on a classic theme.

The Power to move us! This is electrifying
by killjoy181

Comment:
Nice "action shot" capture!