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...)

IMG_4330-revisited
by NeVeRyn

Comment:
I prefer your original. But keep in mind that DPC, in general, prefers simpler, less complicated, and this is a bit simpler. But to me, you lose the bits around the edges, the stuff just coming in from the darkness. I like that kinda thing. I tend to do that, and I tend to not score well when I do. :-)

The other thing DPC really likes is WOW. In all CAPS! This is a quiet kind of shot - good clean crisp focus (another big plus in the DPC world) but not a WOW kinda subject. A pretty girl, a lovely landscape, a very bright, colorful, sharp, well-lit macro - those kinds of things. I'm about to go look at the rocks you have in your portfolio - those may be the ticket!

Sophia
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Oh my gosh - she's growing up FAST, isn't she? Wonderful capture! Bonus dad points for this one, even if you were playing wrong.

Blue
by MikeO

Comment:
Cotton puffs! You can use this to insert a sky when you don't have a good one. I have no idea how people do that, but they do.

Mountains & Trees
by GeneralE

Comment:
Love trains. Sure wish we had more of them in this country. And I understand completely the issues you noted - great job overcoming those here!

The Mines of Moria
by mycelium

Comment:
I didn't vote, so I didn't give you a 7. :-) I like it better in the more monochromatic tones of your original, but it really does look like a very intriguing place to visit! And congrats on that run of 6's. That's something I have never achieved (and never will.) Very impressive!

Deep in Utah Country
by mycelium

Comment:
I'm definitely of the opinion the people make the shot in this. Really a lovely shot - excellent conversion.

Day 6 - Imagination
by TCGuru

Comment:
This is very nice! Great base photograph(s) and just the right touch of whimsy!

Jambule
by geinafets

Comment:
She looks so very dignified, very elegant! I shall have to go read your blog - I thank you for linking it and will watch for that in more of your challenge entries!