I'm Shocked, Simply SHOCKED!
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by bear_music: I take it the face is NOT the man in the moon, but the 3 circles? If so, it's not really "facing off" for me. The image usffers from oversharpening on the moon, I think. The haloing is not good here. But it's an appealing image regardless.

Dang it -- I didn't even see "that" face until looking at the thumbnail for the fourth time tonight. Thanks!

I'm Shocked, Simply SHOCKED!
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by Artan: The sharpening arounf the moon, gives the impression that it has been gat out from another Photograph. This could be have been avoided withn less sharpening. If spot editing were alowed you could clone out this halo

I more or less left the ugly effect in place to see if it would garner a DQ request (took a few hours, maybe!) and if the validation would have a significant effect on the score (not that much -- that's good!).

It would have been possible to get rid of the holoing, but as usual I didn't really have time to do a good job of it, so I tried to leave it looking deliberate.

This had to be a hand-held shot at long zoom since to achieve the composition I had to be between two lanes of a major boulevard during rush hour -- I figure I must have had 15-30 seconds easy : )

Maybe I'll post a picture of the "set-up" for this shot ...

Peace on ...
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by bear_music: I wish the moon were up and left a little

I was trying to line it up with the word "Peace," and the background ribbon on which it sits. What about the move would make it stronger to you?

Merry Christmas Charlie Brown
by crabappl3

Comment:
Poor Charlie, still getting picked-on.

Vase
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
I'd crop a little from the right to make it symmetrical.

Highlited X-Ray Frames (office art+multi-image)
by MrYu

Comment:
Covering all bases with this one.

Runaway Breakfast with Boots
by Winterberg

Comment:
Precocious!

Communication - Vintage Mailboxes
by Tuckersmom

Comment:
I'm surprised to see the mix of combination and keyed locks. I understand the USPS is phasing out the combo locks ... nice angle to get these in an interesting way.

Runaway Breakfast (108512)
by hopper

Comment:
It's still a funny idea : )

Color Splash
by jpochard

Comment:
A little grainy, maybe on purpose -- I like how the "look" seems to blend from photo to more painting-like.