Waiting For Exit
by angkokweng

Comment:
Some of us are guessing what will place in the top 5. This is my guess for 5th! Good luck! (not voting)

Behold the Antenna!
by Melethia

Comment:
I just blame free studies on this one. I always think that free studies score about .5 lower than regular challenges. So there, this was a 6.2!

Emerging
by Melethia

Comment:
Again, almost DPC friendly, but still more artistic. DPC friendly is straight forward, don't cut off parts. This was a more artistic composition and a wonderful shot. I gave it a 7, worth an 8 on second look.

Just a moment
by Melethia

Comment:
The problem is, even when you're going for DPC friendly, you're still incredibly artistic. I would have zoomed in much closer, gotten the people just on the right, and spot metered it so they weren't so backlit.

But I like yours better! I love the silhouette, I love the "feel" of the moment. The reason it didn't score well, imo, is because people were looking for a more difficult capture. It's not hard to stop the motion of a person bending over. The only stop motion that probably counted was the dog on the right, and 1 out of 4 probably wasn't good enough for most people. The shot is incredible.

Spring Tulips
by Ja-9

Comment:
You are so on a roll!! You are quite the force to be reckoned with!! Congrats yet again!

Dark Princess Clarinet
by Deen

Comment:
I'm not sure that cutting off the top was a good choice. It almost looks like an accident instead of a conscious choice...

Into the black...
by Vidomatic

Comment:
Strangely enough, I would have liked this better centered (and I'm usually a big fan of negative space. Perhaps because it's such an interesting face and it has intensity; it feels like the intensity is lost over on the side.

Minimalism in Black
by Judi4Me

Comment:
I do like this one. I'm wondering if you're getting hit by people saying that the background is grey, not black.

Grandpa's Tractor
by Lydia

Comment:
I love the top part of the photo, and I don't usually mind things disappearing, but I really think that on this shot, it would have been better to see the whole tractor. 6 for that lighting on the top, probably would have been an 8 if you had the whole tractor.

Only the lonely
by quiet_observation

Comment:
I'm wondering if you've done something like this before... It looks very familiar. Anyway, I think it's spectacular! 10