Shock of the New
by Imagineer

Comment:
Congratulations! Now that's a ribbon to REALLY celebrate.

Message edited by author 2005-10-17 00:37:06.

The Power of Life
by roadrunner

Comment:
OK, I happen to know who took this, and so I was intending to abstain from voting on it. However, because it is the most interesting and allegorically ambitious image in this challenge, I've decided that abstinence would be churlish. It's a brilliant photograph, even among the best on DPC. The figure seems to me to be jubilantly conducting a titanic natural orchestra (Neptune's Philharmonic plays Wagner?) ... a fabulous celebratory concept! The composition and the deliberately Stygian processing are just right for this subject and theme, although some sad souls will inevitably say it's 'too centred' and 'too dark'. Anyone with sub-standard greyscale monitor calibration may also call it 'too dark'.
And so, because I'd certainly give it a 10 if I didn't know who took it, I'm giving it one now.

pears
by dragonlady

Comment:
Elegant solution to the challenge and a really wonderful composition. Didn't vote (maybe because I'm colourblind!), but I would have given this 10, I promise.

Breakfast at Clarke's
by Keith Maniac

Comment:
Congratulations, Chris. What I like best (other than Kapan) is the crop ... there's something very intimate & 'coffeshop-esque' about the fact that both the model and the cup are cropped a bit. It makes them sort of squeezed in, as happens in most coffee shops. Can't believe people wanted the cup in focus; perhaps they thought it was an accident, or that you don't know how to work your camera?
(edit for spelling)

Message edited by author 2005-10-12 00:20:23.

Rainy Daisy Days
by CNovack

Comment:
A classic DPC-style image. Well conceived and cleverly executed ... artistically unprepossessing perhaps, but certainly technically competent. I wonder what Rainy Daisy Days are? It will score very highly of course. 6.

Ton up at Lords
by tonyv

Comment:
I suppose many here will wonder what a 'ton' is, and where 'Lords' is. It's a very effective (if staged) image, and a gesture of celebration warmly familiar to all lovers of the game. He does, however, look surprisingly young to have made a century there. I very much like the nearly-but-not-quite silhouette effect, especially with the highlights on the back of the bat. Well played! 8

Private Celebration - First Grandaughter
by troberge

Comment:
Very lovely portrait which they'll both treasure forever. 7

Magical Morning Mist
by jemison

Comment:
A lovely, evocative scene, and a worthy celebration event. I especially like the fact that the beautiful mist produces a graduated contrast in the balloons, from ethereal at the bottom to sharply defined at the top. 7

Sox Win!!!
by rayg544

Comment:
Clever and appealing. It's certainly a rare cause for celebration, too. Also a technically exemplary photograph. 7

'Celebrate the love of your life'
by terje

Comment:
Absolutely love this image. There's so little in it, yet it is filled with interest and appeal. Not sure if it's all pure reflection or a bit of trickery, but either way it's fabulous. The juxtaposition of the exuberantly embracing couple & the carefully separated waiting commuters is really very clever. How I wish this would ribbon! 9.