Who's There?
by neophyte

Comment:
Extraordinary POV on a camel, wonderful oddball composition. Love the knees (are they knees?). 8, and good luck. I'm tired of pretty "eye candy" right now.

What's That?
by flip89

Comment:
This is positively eerie. Odd cropping, oversaturated, who cares? 8 for originality alone. San Diego Zoo?

GOT PUMICE?
by MarkArtisan

Comment:
This is truly gross, LOL. And I'm sure you know it... It's a little lacking in sharpness, but you definitely have succeeded in monumentalizing a toe...

Windows - the texture in architecture
by biggusignoramus

Comment:
I admire this take on the topic very much. You're quite correct, windows are used for texture ina rchitecture. I hope others see it the same way. Lovely shot. Can you PM me with what the building is? It looks familiar...

Macro of my dog
by Pedxer

Comment:
Am I missing something here? What's this got to do with a "dog"? Just curious. Nice mud.

Fufanu
by Burger_BMX

Comment:
Fine, fine shot. Good to see a non-traditional sports image take a ribbon!

Grass explosion!
by LalliSig

Comment:
Excellent! And congrats!

Surfing
by micro

Comment:
Now THAT's action! Bravo!

Dad & Daughters
by roadrunner

Comment:
Aside from its obviously beautiful color, really excellent tonal values (note the not-quite-ilhouettes, rich in shadow detail), and strong sense of "family at play", there's another aspect of this image that's enthralling, and this is the sense of "altered scale".

Note how all the image elements are essentially on a single visual plane, and how the tree is the same visual size as dad. Note the "person-sized" cloud drifting gently off to the right, as if towards tomorrow's future.

The more I look at this image the more I like it. I honestly feel that in a "real world" sense this is one of the better images ever to ribbon in DPC. It's intensely human and superbly metaphorical.

Again, congratulations!

R.

Gretchen, Mark, Rosie Jack — 3 Generations in Sunset Light
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Re: the color, it was shot at sunset and that's the naturallight; I left it alone.

Re: the BG blur, this was a snapshot the evening of the challenge, of my neighbors who came to dinner. There's VERY distracting fence etc back there; the blurred fence is that is "haloing" the baby's head. I didn't want to obliterate it for fear of DQ.

Thanx for all the comments!

R.