Breakfast Time
by Blind_squirrel

Comment:
nice shot, but a tad oversharpened. This was advanced editing, you could have selectively sharpened only the portions you were interested in, i.e. you could have skipped the branches that have this unnatural white halo around them. The squirrel itself had a potential but it got overdone too. I'll try to attribute this to your monitor and vote you higher than I would normally do for a postprocessing snafu like this one.

Squirrel of a different color
by briandsd

Comment:
You had a great shot, nice composition and interesting behavior, but you ruined it with postprocessing. (I hope that you started with a good image, it would be worth posting your original in a thread after the challenge and asking for suggestions on how to process it better).
Oversharpening is evident, and serves no purpose - does not enhance the photo at all.

Amblin' Ant
by GeneralE

Comment:
Ant wouldn't be included in the challenge... although even if I forget about the dnmc, it ends up being technically poorly executed photo, with no detauls on the animal that seems out of focus, and that blotch of white flash is sure to distract and dissapoint even the most friendly viewer.

Deer at Lake Travis
by acitrano

Comment:
Hi neighbor!
Nice find of this young buck, and thank goodness for sunny sunday! Centered composition is a bit dissapointing, but everything else is there.

MAJESTIC
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
Hahn? If this is not Richard, then someone must have been walking on Hahn's turf and shooting his bucks.
This is the true candidate for the front page. Good luck!

Tag, You're It!
by BeeCee

Comment:
The photo lacks important details and is overwhelmed with the branches (unimportant distractions).
Unfortunately, there are too many branches to make me believe that this image would ever show up in a wildlife magazine (which would warrant a 9 or a 10).

The highlights also seem overblown, either as a result of excessive contrast/brightness adjustment, or as a result of overexposure.

Good luck!

The Wisdom of Solomon
by BeeCee

Comment:
Nice finish! The best toilet seat shot, and the only one with 6+

Proof that it was a good one - any 6+ pic these days is something to be happy with but you know that already.

Women & Maps
by lahulfman

Comment:
This one was my choice #1 for the challenge. Glad to see you end up so high - congratulations!

The Wisdom of Solomon
by BeeCee

Comment:
The extent to which to go to make a DPC entry... the best toilet seat photo here! 10!

You Guys Can't Do This
by cloudsme

Comment:
Hmm. I can, but that's another story! (And it does not go away after 9 months either)
Love the lighting.9.