Waiting for the sunrise...
by bryanbrazil

Comment:
Hate to give you the "blue ribbon comment curse" -- but I really do expect this one to get blue. (not voting)

Ok, so some of us are going to guess 1st through 5th place. This is my guess for 1st!

Tea for one
by Pascal

Comment:
Wow!!! Truly fantastic shot! Unfortunately I'm not voting on this one -- I wish I could give it a 10!


Ok, so some of us are going to guess 1st through 5th place. This is my guess for 2nd!

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.