snow fog
by krnodil

Comment:
The halves work together extremely well.

iris beguiles
by krnodil

Comment:
You are by far the best at defocusing. Most of us just end up with something not in focus. Huge difference. Lovely!

Joy
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
And this one got a yellow ribbon - very nice! I like it except for the strange artifacts across the upper middle of it. I'm sure the new Photoshop can take care of that for you.

Three amigos
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
By the way, your astronomical score and placing with this image is what convinced me I could maybe hit my average with my Free Study entry.

troglodyte
by tnun

Comment:
Oh what a cutie! I suspect this doesn't mean you're crabby at all (which I'm quite sure you're not) but one who tends to stick with the familiar and hide out when needed. :-)

late lunch
by tnun

Comment:
Oh. My. Gawd. Don debauches? Who knew?

Would love to hear the stories. This really is the best photo of the past month. And with the mighty little Lumix! I need to charge my battery and get mine out to play.

Shamrock
by NeVeRyn

Comment:
Two things hurt the score on this one - lack of crisp, clean focus on your main subject (the yellow flower) and not enough oomph towards the challenge topic. More of a shot from above than a tilted subject, in other words.

Potential 5 Motivation 3 Imagination ???
by NeVeRyn

Comment:
LOVE the giant monitor! I'm terribly envious! Also really like the sentiment - I'm not a big fan of pandering titles but this one is quite funny. When doing shots like this, your best bet is to try to simplify the background as much as possible - hang a black cloth, maybe? Totally ruins the ambience of the setting but makes for a simpler, more clarified photograph. You've clipped the corner of your laptop off - that can be jarring to a viewer, even though they don't know why. Same thing happens, apparently, when you cut off peoples' hands or feet unexpectedly.

Moss Agate
by NeVeRyn

Comment:
Looks a bit like little archipelagos in some gray sea somewhere.

Agate 1
by NeVeRyn

Comment:
These make for excellent abstracts, but still definitive enough to not completely befuddle the viewer. Try hitting this one with another serious dose of contrast, then bright up the lights at the high end (in Photoshop, you'd use levels and move the right slider back in toward the center - not sure if that exists in DPP, which I once had but never used...)