All forgotten
by terje

Comment:
too me this is peaceful not desolaate, however since the challenge is what does desolation to you, I am not letting this affect my vote for the challenge, but maybe others feel the same. the DoF on your shot is amazing and composition is great.

Broken Dreams
by xXxscarletxXx

Comment:
excellent, a very powerful image, and I can see intensity in the eyes and I like how it forces the viewer to feel the emotion of the girl, great job. 10

My life....at the end of a chain
by tmorninglory96

Comment:
good capture and like the expression of the dog, and the literal use of the title is good. I would have maybe gone with a different duotone choice or black and white, it is alittle too purple. I dont feel desolation without the title, but since the description of the challenge is what it means to you I am not judging on those grounds, just my thoughts

A Desolate Place: The Heart
by SandyP

Comment:
nice emotion and location, and get a bonus point for the chuck taylors, 8

Fallout
by Aghris

Comment:
really like your post processing you did on this I will have to come back and see how you did, I like how you have the backlighting and details in the model and still in the right side of the sky

Vacancy
by L1

Comment:
interesting photo, all the horizontals but it would be nice to have the walls come out of the frame be even, or maybe shoot from a lower angle so that walls fill the entire frame. I like the depth of field and lines running through the picture leading to the wall in the back

Alone
by Hrutsen

Comment:
the place you found seem very desolate and I like the wave in the background rushing in, but I would have off centered the model maybe to the left side and had abit more of the waves

Wretchedness - Feeling Blue
by Tajhad

Comment:
You did a good job trying to capture a difficult lighting situation, but I think the background is a little too blown out, I may have tried to have the model and foreground alittle darker so the highliights would be alittle less blown out. just a suggestion

Double Helix
by jdannels

Comment:

Originally posted by edmeng: Ok, I admit, you bit my top D50 score, but I’ve changed my camera, so I don’t care anymore ;). Congrats on your blue! awesome shot!

Thanks edmeng, I didn't think I would actually pass your score but just had my eye on it. I would definitely trade that score and ribbon for a D200 any day!

Double Helix
by jdannels

Comment:

Originally posted by Djabordjabor: Congratulations with your ribbon and the highest rated photograph taken with Nikon D50. I was going to beat the highest D50 photo but now it will be hard to beat your 7.5

Thanks, I had been eyeing that top D50 score for awhile now, I realized about mid week that I would get there and was almost as excited for that as I was at a chance at a ribbon.