Out of the Gate (scratch #9)
by VinceDoss

Comment:
excellent opportunity, but not quite there. the horizon is tilted without adding anything to the image. it's a bit dark (maybe try the shadow/highlights filter), and it is relatively soft. you might have gotten better dpc results had you focused in tightly on one or two of the horses as they came by you.

Fly By
by jessebradley

Comment:
nice shot. don't like the border, though.

Quarters and Beer
by jdannels

Comment:
sorry, but that looks more like ginger ale than beer. nice shot, though.

Cooling Off
by L1

Comment:
nice, solid piece of work. might have been better to have been able to see more of his face.

Catch the kid!
by russi

Comment:
nice idea, but the position of the sun really takes away from the image. some images, like a nice landscape or sunset, do not always need a strong subject. however, most images DO need a strong subject, where the essence of the image is conveyed instantly. here, your subject is competing with it's background. it's a nice idea, just poorly executed. i imagine this would make a fantastic photo, if you had been between the man and the sun, with the man's back to you. then, without using the flash, you would have had the sunlight in the boy's joyous face--and that would have been good for at least another point or two...

Frosen Fire
by Gunnsi

Comment:
nice idea, but not really frozen enough or interesting enough.

A Little Tune
by macrothing

Comment:
this is nice enough, but doesn't really strike me as spectacular. some subjects are just hard to shoot in such a way as make them really wow ya.

The Test
by fatLouie

Comment:
yes, you've stopped motion, but it's not really that dramatic. this comes off looking more like a documentary snapshot for a county driver's ed website. from a different perspective, without such a busy/distracting background, you might could have gotten something much more dramatic.

Kickflip Nosegrind
by hsteg

Comment:
cool shot, just wish you had framed it a bit tighter. all that foreground doesn't really do anything. also looks like it could have been just a bit sharper.

I have a feeling about this next one
by Elvis_L

Comment:
nice idea, but needs work. the horizon is tilted without adding anything to the image. it could be a lot sharrper. and, the coloration is just on the edge where you should have gone just a bit further, taking it more to that 60s look, or where you should have pulled back to what is a little more realistic.