cave in
by clictacamera

Comment:
Hi - Cool place to take a picture. ;^) The comments left hit the mark on the obvious enhancements that would lift this photo up a bit (focus, sharpening). The time of day may have impacted the outcome, perhaps early or late would have softened the harsh light. Another thing to try is using levels or curves to deepen the blue in the sky and give the barn more color. Some additional saturation maybe and more contrast (bring down brightness at the same time). Good find! Keep having fun...

Forsaken View
by Brad

Comment:
I really liked this image. Cool composition with the door frame and light coming in across the bottom of the image at an angle. Nice contrast and tones. I had two minor nitpicks: 1) The wire (?) on the ground in the doorway I would have moved out of the way. 2) The doorframe (right edge) could have been a bit sharper. JMO. If the intent was to cast the viewer out the door to the view beyond (as your title suggests), then nevermind about nitpick number 2. ;^)

Clear Point
by LadeeM

Comment:
Clean and simple. I like it. You're probably taking a little heat for not having 'Tacks' (plural), but it's fine in my book. The bottom front of the pushpin is a bit hot, but tricky to avoid. It looks like you used white paper for the background and it's coming across a little noisy. You know it's not, but the paper makes it appear that way. Neat Image could have ironed that out a bit for you. Overall, great job. Good luck!

Drop on a tack
by lastef

Comment:
Oh no - not another water droplet image! ;^) Nice photo... Was it intentional to have the pin part of this pushpin bent? If not it was a cool accident. The bend mirrors the curve in the rock below it. Great focus, nice composition. Only downside I have is the image size - it's 20% smaller than allowed. Good luck!

Old Time Tack
by Mona

Comment:
I imagine you're getting beat up a bit for only having on tack instead of being tacks (plural)! ;^) I would love to see this photo win. It's an image that is suitable for framing. I really like the color, the composition with the wood angling across and the tack cutting diagonally the other direction. Good clear focus on the tack. Kudos to you for not taking the funny tack(less) approach to this challenge. Great job, and good luck!

tAcKs iN SpAcE
by Mick

Comment:
Yep - Here's the winner! It's fun plus the photo itself is well put together. Good use of light to simulate the sun, everything is in focus, etc... Great Job! Enjoy your ribbon! ;^)

Waiting for The Winds (Sailing Tacks)
by Bud

Comment:
This is a great photo as it stands. Very nice colors, good composition with the boat coming into the photo at an angle. Exposure is right on. However, this photo is like a fish out of water for this challenge. Yes, sailing tacks technically works for the challenge but without showing a sail it's a thin connection. I'm afraid even with the descriptive title (without the title the connection to challenge is tenuous) many aren't going to get, or appreciate, this entry. I would definitely put this on DPCPrints. Good luck!

Baywatch
by LevT

Comment:
I see this one is racking up the views! Oops, I guess that includes me... ;^) Hooray for zoom!

holding hands
by clictacamera

Comment:
Hi - I've read thru the comments on this photo and most of them are correct (IMO) on the lighting and distracting elements. One other consideration is the color of the animal, it seems paled out. Perhaps from the lighting. Sometimes color can be adjusted a bit with curves or saturation which could have helped some.

If this was your only available photo for entry and you just had to enter, then considering the rules for this were advanced you could have tried selecting the animal then blurring the heck out of everything else. Just a thought. ;^)

Smile and keep having fun!

L is for Luv
by clictacamera

Comment:
Hi, It's too bad you didn't walk down the sidewalk to get your photo from the other side of the sign. Then you wouldn't have had to flip the image...wait, either way I guess the L would have been backwards. Sorry.

Anyway, let's look at the rest of it. The parking deck itself is interesting. Potential for some other letters perhaps with some different angles or crops? The focus of your photo is centered which will also cause some grief among DPC voters. The image seems very "busy"..lots of other things to pull your eye away from what the focal point is meant to be.

Hey - that building next to the parking deck looks very interesting. Some potential letters with the windows? How about that radio tower in the background? Looks like an X on top... ;^)

Smile and keep having fun!