Moonrise, Painted Hills, Oregon
by DrAchoo

Comment:
Wonderful piece of work. For those who aren't aware of it, Doc is paying homage to one of Ansel Adams's most famous images, "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico".



Ain't that remarkable? Check out the SKY. A better reproduction of the Adams would more closely resemble Doc's tones..

Descent from the Cross
by De Sousa

Comment:
This has got to be de Sousa, and it is extraordinary. One of my two 10's in this challenge.

Simplicity
by Ivo

Comment:
After considerable contemplation, I have bumped this extraordinary image up two levels: it is, as of now, one of two tens I have given in the challenge.

INCOMING !!!!
by andrewt

Comment:
OUTSTANDING... I'm always looking for that "frozen instant" in bird shots and this totally has it. At first I was missing a believable context, but the more I look at it the more I appreciate the way the abstraction of the BG lens acuity to then instant.

Clementine
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I'm glad to see the image is working, at least for several of ya :-)

Falls
by smichener

Comment:
Hey, cool. I missed this one. Fine capture, awesome finish for you. Congrats!

Me
by ericwoo

Comment:
Checking this one out on your old laptop :-) It's been a real blessing, I'm enjoying it so much... A million thanks, again...

R.

First snow at Grueyer
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
Very famous chapel, I remember it well :-) I even have a souvenir book on it around somewhere, discussing the architecture. Lovely scene.

MotoX
by Tez

Comment:
It's interesting to me how close this comes to working really, really well, and how badly it suffers from missing the mark. To be more specific, you have frozen a moment of action extremely well, but there's essentially no tension in the image that underscores the power and intensity of the frozen moment.

You're close to it with the flying bits of dirt, but they don't call enough attention to themselves. The rider is anchored by his position in the frame, especially as regards the BG elements, but also by so solidly filling the center-right area of the frame. The half-hidden, second rider is no help at all. The overall image is curiously static for what should be such a dynamic situation.

Meanwhile, the processing, which I generally would like, seems to be, in this case, overpowering the image, and in particular the excessive edge-burning is working overtime to underscore the already-static ennui of the composition.

I look at this and wish the camera's POV were about 2 feet lower, maybe. That might have thrust the machine and its rider upwards more aggressively and worked in your favor.

giant desert centipede
by yanko

Comment:
Jaysus, dude...