DSC_1087c5
by cgino

Comment:
This look great. Awesome idea with the water, wouldn't have thought of that!

Subject / Verb
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Very nicely done Robert. Thank goodness, I was about to lose my mind.

Radiance
by Mary Ann Melton

Comment:
Welcome back!

Hope you enter a few more!

blues
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Very nice, very nice indeed. Would have gone higher if the man was sharper. (looks a little blurred for some reason)

I think this really is one of the best here, in terms of subject and composition (potential).

I really wish you had managed to correct the perspective here, as it does hurt what is otherwise just excellent work.

Lime Hinged
by giantmike

Comment:
Top rated shot for me. Seriously wonderful - really love the texture of that wood.

Endless Summer
by CNovack

Comment:
Very different - I was almost tempted to score this lower, because it's decidedly different from the entire point of "New Happiness" (to show happiness in poverty, and these are clearly not from the impoverished!)

With that being said - this is an insanely striking photograph. You would have gotten one of my rare 10's if only those boards weren't tilted wonky.

Ascending Joy
by mefnj

Comment:
That texture is extraordinary. The color and shapes are also really nice.

I'm sad that you either didn't crop the bottom blue one a bit more, or that you didn't crop the top yellow one less.

Door to Happiness
by npasel

Comment:
I'm voting this higher than I should - the DOF is way too shallow - nothing but the knob is in critical focus.

Still, wow, great image - I'll step back from the technicals and just give you a 7 for a really good image!

The red spot
by Neat

Comment:
I think, after looking at this one a dozen times now, I would have liked diffused light much better overall, since he showed a strong preference for soft light in the Happiness collection.

I think the two biggest distractions here are the slightly off-kilter perspective, and the shadow - how it intersects with the blue area. I do think you've centered it well on that line, intentionally or not, so that's at least as well as it can be placed, if you wanted it to split the white and blue area. I know I would have preferred this if the red spot had been on a rule of thirds line, or had at least been moved to a slightly more compositionally friendly location.

Of course, with all that being said, perhaps this wasn't something you could move.

Still, this is really nice, the processing was perfectly done to bring out the colors and textures, and the shadow is the perfect shade, even if I don't like where it is.

You Name It!
by blacjack

Comment:
Death of a Spheresman

Am I right in thinking this is a lightbulb?

Very cool image