Somewhere
by Joker1114

Comment:
This looks real good out in the background are but there is some severe lens distortion in the foreground of the bottom left corner. Everything just seems to droop off in the bottom left.

Closed
by Brin

Comment:
The two balloons look somewhat distorted. It appears to be some curvature possibly from the wide angle lens. Other wise... no complaints!

The Royal Family of Balloonia (and their loyal subjects)
by codfish709

Comment:
This is a little dark in my opinion... possibly underexposed a stop or two. Brigher would be better especially with your happy subjects! Very good concept over all and very colorful.

Imprisoned
by pwm6

Comment:

Originally posted by pwm6: Originally posted by EL-ROI: WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you because this was severely underappreciated work! Well, thanks! Your comments really cheered me up considering the very low score this got from the voters. I guess that the problem had to do mostly with what some saw as noise. Actually this was a very difficult shot to do with basic editing because of the huge number of stops between the indoor and outdoor parts of the scene. I underexposed the indoor part to get at least some detail in the outdoor part and then used Topaz Adjust which brought back many of the interesting reflections in the horse but also gave the concrete a gritty look which I think some mistook for noise.

I recognized the difficulty you had with exposing this during the contest and thought you might have done some adjustments or perhaps a one shot HDR effect through adjustment layers to get this... I saw the "noise" more as texture and detail during voting. Anyway, at least you know this was appreciated. Hope to see more good stuff coming from you in the future! If I had a member award to give, you'd get one!

Zen Bhaptist
by e10icus

Comment:
Super funny title! Love the humor in this!

Imprisoned
by pwm6

Comment:
WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you becasue this was severly underappreciated work!

Alyssa
by PhotoTess

Comment:
Such a shame... I think even though it is not exposed too well, I would personally judge it higher than what it placed here. Perhaps you can play with it now and try to make it high key... Anyway you got great color and it's above a 5 in my opinion! Nice job and keep on shooting!

Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Dagger
by philocam

Comment:
I liked this shot and wished it would have scored a little higher for you... Nice job though!

Primaries in chaos
by jborromeo

Comment:
I was one of your low voters and thought I would drop a comment. Here there is great color and shapes making a very interesting abstract. I don't know how this is lit but it is not a good representation of natural lighting in my opinion. It's not something I would recommend for someone to check out to learn the technique.

Light breaks through
by kprasad9375

Comment:
I was one of your low voters and thought I would drop a comment. Here I find there is nothing for the eye to focus on. It follows the lines of the blinds across the photo and it is pretty much out of focus. It is kind of interesting that the light on each blind is a greyscale from highlight to lowlight, but there is nothing of detail to look at.