Hopes & Prayers to our Servicemen and Families - Thank you
by Carlo21

Comment:
Mount Soledad? Brings back memories; we used to "park" up there in high school :-)

Salt Marsh at Winter's End
by Bear_Music

Comment:

Originally posted by Gordon: The thing is, the processing is the first thing you see when you look at it. Something is 'odd or different' at first look and that's the processing. The actual subject matter, composition, etc is a very late secondary thing after the effect. So it isn't too surprising that people talk about the processing first.

Well, of course it's not surprising, nor did I say I was surprised. I just wish people would work harder at judging an image on its own terms, instead of reacting from an arbitrary position. I realize this isn't gonna happen, and I'm not even annoyed at anyone for *doing* it, but still...

For me there's not a lot of difference between dismissing this image because "I'm not a fan of HDR" and dismissing ShooterX's image because "I don't like cats." Seriously...

I just wish someone'd have looked at the ORIGINAL post-challenge, seen what I was working with, and discussed the two objectively. I still think this is a heck of a job, and not extreme at all. Certainly, it's MUCH closer to what I actually *saw* than the as-captured RAW is.

R.

Wonky Goggles
by Stonefinger

Comment:
Gawd, you got robbed!

card lock
by zeuszen

Comment:
Dang, I'm happy to see this is yours; you so seldom disappoint :-)

And, Paul, ZZ couldn't comment on this one but I did, does that help?

Tool of the Trade
by rob_smith

Comment:
Interesting, a product shot of a product illuminating itself :-)

zoomzoom
by markpomerleau

Comment:
hrmmm... it'd feel a little zoomier if the tach were at 6000 and the speedo at 120, LOL. Nicely exposed, though :-)

damp lineage
by jjbeguin

Comment:
You was utterly robbed! Sigh....

Canyon de Chelly's Hidden Gem
by kirbic

Comment:
How nice you got a perfect, no-decimals, ordinal number in this 100th challenge :-) I liked this a lot, actually, the more so because I been there and done that, long ago, with a Sinar-P 4x5 and a Schneider Super Angulon lens :-)

On Top of the World
by CorySmith

Comment:
Woo hoo, you made top 100! WTG!

DPC: Friends online, in person, for life
by Melethia

Comment:
I had *really* hoped the sheer joie de vivre of this one, and it's perfect fit with the occasion, would have moved it to the top :-( I was one of your 19 tens... Great image!