Cherub
by DrAchoo

Comment:
How nice to see you being subtle, doc :-) Congrats on your top 20.

Beacon
by jdannels

Comment:
This image is actually a prime candidate for tone mapping and/or HDR. I'd love to have a go at it from the original. There seems to be a misconception among a lot of people that HDR means "exaggerated" and it simply doesn't have to be that way. Here's a version I worked on by creating varying 16-bit tiffs from your entry, creating a quasi HDR image from that, and tone mapping the result. It has its limits because of the small original size and the fact that it is created from an already-processed image, but I think you can agree it's pretty faithful to your original, and perhaps you will agree it shows more potential for bringing out texture in the sky. What do you think?



R.

Lotsa Stuff
by Tom_Robbrecht

Comment:
Lovely example of an image without a subject, filled with detail, giving the eyes a journey. I'm very partial to images like this. Unfortunately, the 640-pixel limitation doesn't allow them to shine. Also an excellent example of exaggerated tone mapping/hdr used to good effect. Good luck to you with this one.

We'll move to Vancouver. It NEVER snows there.
by donenright

Comment:
jejeje™ You Vancouverites are getting a lot of mileage out of this snowstorm, aren't you?

Force Field
by vtruan

Comment:
Van, I've seen this before but never really stopped to study it. It popped up for me as I was seeking a "force" image for the "photo name game", and I wanted to let you know how much I like it as I "study" it. I'm not quite sure why, but it doesn't matter. It's a beautifully-realized shot, and I'm popping it into my favorites. Give everyone in the image a bear hug for me, willya?

ETA: Hah! It already WAS in my favorites; I have good taste :-)

Message edited by author 2006-11-30 23:46:55.

Now you're flying, baby!
by ursula

Comment:
Dang, she's cute! I don't recall seeing this before. It's quite a satisfying image. I especially like the grace note of the BG brightness behind the left rim of the hat :-)

Actually, I must have seen it before as I scored it a 7, but it didn't stick in my memory, shame on me.

Test of Time
by peroty

Comment:
NICE shot, Carl. Love the blemished fender. Sweet tonalities you have here, spot-on framing-up of the shot. It's not an image that leaps up and demands attention, but it has a certain purity that appeals to me greatly.

Hotel California (Again)
by Germaine

Comment:
Well heck, this is potentially SO sweet! I'd like to hear exactly how you PP'd it, and perhaps see the original; I might have some suggestions on how to perfect it. I presume you have noticed the slight, but distracting, haloing around the building and the central palm tree?

Where is this, btw? I'm a SoCal native, relocated to Cape Cod upon retirement, and I'm sure I've seen this before. I'm thinking Santa Barbara?

And are you really older than me? Pleased to meetcha, in that case; I feel like such a dinosaur in DPC...

Message edited by author 2006-11-30 23:00:26.

September 7, 1969 - Monty Python's Flying Circus' First Broadcast on BBC
by xianart

Comment:
Christian,

I just came back to this by a roundabout route, and I wanted to say I love it even more now than I did when I first saw it. I echo what everyone's saying: what bravery! What joi de vivre! I think it should have finished in the top 10 for sure, but that really doesn't matter, does it?

Just a belated "well done!" to you :-)

Gone Fishing
by lkn4truth

Comment:
Congrats on your personal best! I love the intensity and variegation of the blues in this shot.