Surf Fishing
by LN13

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The neat thing about this is seeing the water pull away. Nicely done and good luck in the fairs!

Frankenmuth Riverboat
by taterbug

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This is a tourist travel bureau picture that could be on the cover of a magazine! Like the way you've composed it and the colors are very rich and vivid without being "overdone".

Lines of Extinction
by timfythetoo

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I gave this one a bonus point for excellent subject choice. An all time great album. :-) It's an average picture, but well-executed for what it is, if that makes sense.

Read through the comments - got a kick out of the one that refers to it as a "disc".

Fan
by timfythetoo

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Congrats on the top ten! You're just a DPC machine these days... :-) Very clean and crisp, good color contrast, and a pleasing geometric image. Good job slicing the cucumbers as well. Great shot for the challenge, but from a photography perspective, I much prefer the one you didn't enter.

Landfall
by Louis

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A very intriguing picture. On first glance, I don't like the skull there, but after really looking at it for a bit, it does indeed work, althought I think you could have done this more panoramic even at 640. Have the skull be just a bit less "in your face" - more of a subtle discovery as the picture is explored. Blues of the sky and the water are perfectly done. I especially like the single narrow crested wave in the distance. Well seen, well executed.

Just one more boogie board ride, Mom.
by chalice

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You're on a roll - two new additions to your top row in one week, and good scores on both of them! This shot is one of the benefits of living in Hawaii, no doubt. Lovely colors in the sunset and nice positioning to get the rays from the clouds. I like how you have the horizon very nearly centered, yet the other elements of the picture balance that out nicely. The use of silhouettes over preserving considerable detail in the people serves this picture very well. Nice job!

Orange Extraction
by chalice

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At first glance, I didn't realize the outer segments were orange sections as well. The desaturation is well done, though I almost think I'd like to see the outer segments partially desaturated - maybe from where they touch the single orange segment have them desaturated as you go out toward the edge of the picture, as though the single segment is sucking the color from the others. I thought it worked well as an abstract.

A moment in time
by Kelli

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Another new top row entry! Congrats on that. This is a very pleasing picture to me on several counts - the colors are soft with the blue not overdone; the composition is very good and very nicely balanced; and the young man is clearly engaged in "the moment", seemingly oblivious to the camera. Underrated and probably my favorite picture of yours to date.

Vein of Life
by ericwoo

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I wasn't fond of this one mainly because the veins were so bright - to me it seemed harsh and contradicted the softness of the leaf. I suspect, however, that you did this intentionally - it just didn't appeal to me, or the intent didn't quite get across.

Lest We Forget
by PhantomEWO

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I still like this one, too. :-)