Rhythm & Blues Smash Hit! "She Done Broke My Guitar, My Head, and My Heart"
by JohnLampkin

Comment:
The background (blue one especially) - a bad choice of color. Something darker with more light on the guitar corpse would be better IMO.

Soaring on Wings of Silver
by scalvert

Comment:
I'll make a web site suggestion for rules modification:
Allowing photoshopping wrinkles out of sheets in basic editing we shall.

Congrats, Shannon. Very nice, and simple, yet effective (obviously).

Took the training wheels off - Hooray!!!
by glad2badad

Comment:
One of my favorites for the challenge. Technically, really sub-standard for DPC. However, the challenge theme is met 100%. This is a posterchild image for how an excellent shot of a shoehorned subject (I go to mountains on my weekends, I look at bugs for my weekend, I enjoy dogs/cats/mice/snakes/gerbils on the weekend) can surpass otherwise perfectly fitting but poorly executed shot.

Best of luck to the little fellow!

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by liltritter

Comment:
This one isn't bad. There is a nice backlight from the sun on the upper petals, and the composition is very appealing to the eye. Colors are clear and vibrant, all in all this is one above average flower shot.

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by liltritter

Comment:
As jmsetzler once noted, you can be your best critic: What did you try to show with this photo? What made you take this one, from this angle, with this composition? If you can answer those, (and post the answer into your comments above) then I might be able to relate to the photo some more.
This way, I see a half-closed, perhaps half-dried sunflower, without any context to understand why was this photo worth taking. It is lacking visual appeal of a beautiful healthy colorful plant, and the surrounding leaves are, well, also not that appealing.

Sorry, this was a miss.

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by liltritter

Comment:
I'm afraid that the DOF is too shallow for the macro-style shot. The light on the bug is too low, so it does not help it stand out... nice try but just does not have a wow factor for me.

Manly Beach Surfer
by Wink

Comment:
I like this one a lot! Very good caption, great contrast between the surfer and the foaming water behind him.

I tried shooting surfers at Bondi, but was too far away and above for a good shot:

Three's Company
by JJWoolls

Comment:
Very good capture of the moment. Priceless expressions on their faces, all three of them.

Austin Skyline
by WalesP

Comment:
This one looks good. You could have cloned out that crane, I don't think that you'd be hit with the 'major element' rule for that one. The Frost tower is just a tad overexposed - I know it's hard to get the dynamic range right after dark, but with advanced editing, you could have tried to selectively adjust the curves on the tower only.
Good luck! 7.

Texas Pinecone
by Elaine

Comment:
Very nice. I wish it was bigger (the whole photo, so I can enjoy it better).