Stardust Melody
by Blackbox

Comment:
Beautiful colors in the sky. I'm not sure if this is the shape of the clouds, but I'm detecting a lot of noise in the sky, which is bringing the quality of the image down a bit.

Obvious tripod use: Medium. I bet that's a shock! Why do I say medium? It's because of the amount of light in the sky, and the very few stars in the sky. This looks like it could be a fast enough exposure using high iso (remember the noise that I was detecting) to be handheld. I'm sure it's done with a tripod, but I wanted to give you my gut feel.

Warmups
by GeneralE

Comment:
Interesting shot. Seems like it could be telling us a story, but what? Looks like one participant has some karate robes on, so is it some sort of class?

Obvious tripod use: The tripod in the shot itself is very obvious. So on that front it meets perfectly. For the camera taking the overall photo, that could have definitely been done without a tripod. At first, I didn't really see the tripod in the shot, so you may get some people wondering how this fits the challenge.

Tiny Yellow
by mrbig65

Comment:
An interesting pop of color in the scene. I'm not too keen on the halo effect surrounding branches.

Obvious tripod use: To me, it's low. This shot, while it looks like it may be done later in the day, feels well enough lit to be doable handheld.

Tiny Rainbow Droplet
by IreneM

Comment:
What amazing timing for this shot. So different than your standard droplet shot.

Obvious tripod use: Very high.

Sleepless
by Mwilton111

Comment:
Wonderful perspective and details. I'm sure it was tough to get the light trails while not blowing out highlights in the building.s

Obvious tripod use: Very high.

Rushes at Night
by sjhuls

Comment:
Nice use of black and white to add to the mood. Is that fog moving through the brush? It looks spooky.

Obvious tripod use: Very high.

Hand of Man, Hand of God
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Cool find. The framing of the shot is very nice.

Obvious tripod use: High.

Ghosts of a brilliant past...
by cyparis

Comment:
Normally I don't like ghosted people shots. But the colors/subject of this image lend themselves well to the technique. Nicely done.

Obvious tripod use: Very high.

Ghost train
by hajeka

Comment:
Kind of a cool effect. I'm a bit confused by the red/green lights. Seems like the track this train is on has the green! But that may just be an optical illusion.

Obvious tripod use: High.

Red lines on Tower Bridge by night
by danieletagliabue

Comment:
Great composition and lines.

Obvious tripod use: Very high.