Van Pelt Street: January
by banmorn

Comment:
This is very sweet in so many ways. The light is excellent, the colors are striking, the composition in general is crisp and clean. I wish you had more foreground lower left, to see more of the stoop (those stairs would be symbolically important to me), and I wish you'd used some shadow recovery on the dark entry on the left. But all-in-all, a strong image :-)

Big Mouth
by Judi

Comment:
OMG! Whatta shock to the system when this pops up! Nice fangs, grungy tongue, hell of a shot :-)

Ok, But It Makes the Matting All Soggy!
by EBJones

Comment:
hahaha! Nice take on the topic!

Pure
by Blue Moon

Comment:
Oh man, that's EXQUISITE in its own way. I absolutely LOVE the processing here, especially the precise hint of vignetting in all 4 corners. I'll be very interested to see how this fares. keep me posted if you like, I am done with voting on this image :-)

Cycles
by jjbeguin

Comment:
A lovely image, very strong. I am sure you will be questioned re: the "subject fills the frame" aspect of the challenge. I agonized over that myself: I had landscapes I wanted to enter (the landscape IS the subject after all, and it does fill the frame) but decided to go in a completely different direction and not fight that battle. Good luck to you with this one :-)

Up
by taterbug

Comment:
Now THAT'S luminosity! HDRI processing, I assume? If so, excellent avoidance of the common pitfalls of the technique :-)

Gentleman's Club...Not Anymore!!
by Ivory

Comment:
This is slick as hell :-) Congrats on your new personal best; you deserve it!

Women & Maps
by lahulfman

Comment:
Technically this is simply excellent, a real tour-de-force. It's also a very amusing take on a universally recognized battlefield of the war between the sexes, so it's not surprise you got a high finish. In fact, I had it in my personal top 3. Good job!

Evolution Revolution
by idnic

Comment:
Way to go, captain! You just better hope this depiction of the primitive nature of men doesn't cause a backlash against your leadership in Team 20D :-)

Internal Affairs
by MAK

Comment:
Marac, this image has it all. It succeeds at a level far beyond the usual DPC "look", conveying its message with incredible intensity. You've transcended the challenge and created "art" using the theme as a springboard. For what it's worth, I have no quarrel with the double-exposure issue; I'm well aware of how much work went into making this one work :-)