Barbed Wire
by heida

Comment:
Love it. Choice of color is somehow appropriate. Composition and lighting beautiful. 10

Snowy footprints with shadows
by pcody

Comment:
No comment necessary. 10

a road
by jmritz

Comment:
Nothing mundane about this photo. Beautiful shot. I'm not sure if you've used some kind of PS effect or what, but the photo seems somewhat "posterized" on my monitor. No matter, I really like the shot, and gave it a 10.

Pin-Stripped Suit
by ellamay

Comment:
I didn't get a chance to vote on (or even look at!) the texture challenge and I am so sorry! This photo is wonderful, and I am so glad that you got a ribbon with it and it ended up on the home page where I could snap it up into my favorites folder! Really lovely work, congratulations.

Patriotic Bear by Ian Holleman
by TooCool

Comment:
WOW Ian! Your lighting is better than my attempts at it! I like the composition, and the theme. I can see just enough of the background to find it the tiniest bit distracting - would prefer that it be solid black. At first, I thought the border was somewhat distracting, but it works with the theme, and I agree with Justine-it would make a great Independence Day poster/print/postcard.

Keep on shooting - you're doing great!

Mired
by Olyuzi

Comment:
I am sorry that I didn't have time to comment during the challenge, but will happily do so now:
I gave you a 5, and this is why:
1. I like the composition. I also like the choice of black and white, but the image lacks impact.
2. Though I "know" that the boat is the subject, it seems to be diminished by it's surroundings. There is just too much else competing for attention. I think a much tighter crop on the boat would have helped significantly.
3. The dark area on the top left, as well as the branches hanging down into the view are very distracting and keep drawing my eyes away from the boat.
4. It looks very oversharpened, to the point of all the little bits of white drawing my eye to them.

Sea of tranquillity
by geewhy

Comment:
Congratulations on winning with this stunning photo! Hope you plan to make it available for prints - I want one!

Sea of tranquillity
by geewhy

Comment:
I'm speechless. Can't wait to make it a favorite, and to see how it was done. A breathtaking piece of work. I love the composition. 10

An In Depth View of Pecos Wilderness
by brett2004

Comment:
I did rate this fairly low for several reasons:
1. The compass is not in focus (I thought it was included as an intended subject), has a distracting cast shadow, and is partially cropped with the very dark area of the compass case leading the eye right out of the frame.
2. A topographical map means nothing to me, other than that I know what one is, and the way I "read" your photograph was that the compass was the subject and you were using the map as sort of background reference material to show that you would use a compass to find your way through the Pecos Wilderness.
3. The extremely shallow dof at the foreground made my eyes feel like they were going blurry!

I really do like your concept, but would like to have seen it shot at a slightly different angle perhaps.

Cork Screw
by Jacko

Comment:
Oddly simple and interesting. Love the choice of coloration, and the dof is perfect for this shot and subject. The composition is unexpectedly appealing to me - Definitely a wall hanger here. Not so impactful as to knock me out, but definitely worth a 9.