one
by nixter

Comment:
This is my most favourite image in the challenge. Like a few other images, I initially gave it an 8 but am bumping it to 10... I'd give it 11 if I was allowed to. This is a brilliant work of art, and I'm not blowing smoke up your arse. I just can't put in words enough how much I love this.

Symmetrical Smile
by mqnaufal

Comment:
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful... that's all that needs to be said. Great contrast, great crop/composition, great detail. I love the unorthodox angle... well done... love to see brave submissions. Originally gave this an 8 but think I was too harsh and bumping it to 9.

Lattice
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Another absolutely captivating that I cannot fault... everything is perfect... I must have gotten up on the the wrong side of bed when voting as I only gave this an 8 in my voting phase... Bumping this to 10 and faving it too.

The Other Way
by odriew

Comment:
Absolutely captivating! I love this image in so many ways... everything is perfect... and saying that, I can't understand why I only gave this an 8 in my voting phase... I can't fault it technically or artistically. Brilliant work. Bumping this to 10 and am going to have to fav it too. Sorry¡

Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bath Water
by Lorene

Comment:
I adore this image... my favourite portrait in the challenge. Sharp as a tac and composition and contrast are perfect. Wonderful....

For Soon The Cold Of Night Will Fall...
by Nuzzer

Comment:
Love your work Nuzzer. This is one of my favourite images of the challenge... one of many excellent images... I've already voted and now commenting... only realised this was a Nuzzer thanks to saphire faving my entry, and me having a look at her previous fav's and seeing your Mystic River entry amongst them. Anyway... what is it I like... love the composition and the use of duotone... subtle but effective... and love that there's more detail in the reflection than at the top.

INNOCENT
by soon

Comment:
Great animal portrait. Nice and sharp... colours are perfect. Great job.


Now... please bear with me... I'm revisiting a little comment experiment I conducted in the 2009-03 Free Study... something like K10DGuy's comments, but with a twist... the twist being, the story will move from one photo to another within the challenge... also, I don't select just a few photos I start at the first and end on the last as determined by DPC random order assigned to me, with a single sentence for each photo... should be interesting... and you're photo is 4th in the series

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The wildlife that survived the storm looked on as the habitat of man battled to survive natures fury.

Dive-Dive-Dive
by patches

Comment:
Nice detail and colour, but the centred composition just doesn't give the image any umph (imho).


Now... please bear with me... I'm revisiting a little comment experiment I conducted in the 2009-03 Free Study... something like K10DGuy's comments, but with a twist... the twist being, the story will move from one photo to another within the challenge... also, I don't select just a few photos I start at the first and end on the last as determined by DPC random order assigned to me, with a single sentence for each photo... should be interesting... and you're photo is #11 in the series

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The animals on land and in the air and in the seas and ocean had all been waiting patiently for this moment to arrive.

Allure
by IndigoButterfly

Comment:
Nice colour and composition... I find the red background a bit overpowering though.


Now... please bear with me... I'm revisiting a little comment experiment I conducted in the 2009-03 Free Study... something like K10DGuy's comments, but with a twist... the twist being, the story will move from one photo to another within the challenge... also, I don't select just a few photos I start at the first and end on the last as determined by DPC random order assigned to me, with a single sentence for each photo... should be interesting... and you're photo is #7 in the series

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The plants and flowers were the first things to return to the area after the devistation... they're always first.

Never Surrender . . . Never Give Up!!!
by NathanWert

Comment:
Great capture. Composition is good, but not great. I know it's easy to say but might have been impossible to do at the time, but had you got behind the firefighters, and had them as forground features, this might have rocked my world. What might have been possible would be to darken the dude in the reflectors in the background on the left... very distracting.

Now... please bear with me... I'm revisiting a little comment experiment I conducted in the 2009-03 Free Study... something like K10DGuy's comments, but with a twist... the twist being, the story will move from one photo to another within the challenge... also, I don't select just a few photos I start at the first and end on the last as determined by DPC random order assigned to me, with a single sentence for each photo... should be interesting... and you're photo is the 2nd in the series

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What the waves hadn't destroyed during the storm, were destroyed by the fires that followed.