The Book Booth Bird
by Pelle

Comment:
This a GREAT capture, and one of my top 10 images for the FS. Love the B&W processing, and the DOF here... wonderful. But most of all, I love the story in this image.

Candy
by train

Comment:
As far as pet portraiture goes, you've absolutely nailed this!!! This is a fantastic photo, processed perfectly, though, I wouldn't be surprised if the DPC voting masses think it's over done... thankfully, I'm not one of the masses and this is in the top 10 for the challenge in my books. Well done, and I hope you get many more voters like me... would be nice to see this on the first page for the challenge.

U.S. Open 2009: Center Court
by Five_Seat

Comment:
I love tilt-shift photos, be they real, or processed to look like it. You've done exceptionally well with this image... colours, details, composition... all fantastic. I'm curious to see how well the general DPC voters vote on this. Hope it does well.

Bird
by freakin_hilarious

Comment:
I really, really like this... it's different, but not in a bad way. Composition is excellent, details are great, excellent use of shallow DOF.

Youth
by gsal

Comment:
This is a fantastic photo... the tilt works here... adds a dynamic. The grain, another element that often gets photos punished in voting, works wonders here. Composition... LOVE it... wasn't sure about the ball at first, and initially gave it an 8 (actually, I think this originally a 7 which I bumped to an 8... but now that I'm looking at it while commenting, I think it might warrant another nudge. Nine it is.

Aquamarine
by aznym

Comment:
This is by far my favourite image in this challenge... gave it an 8 on my first pass... bumped it to 9 on my second pass... and am now bumping it up to a 10 during my comment pass. I absolutely love this photo... so, I'm going to fav it too. Composition is perfect... as are all the other technical aspects of the image, but this also has a real WOW factor... truly inspiration work. Well done.

Dryer Lines
by CJinCA

Comment:
This image had me conflicted when voting... gave it a reasonable 7 back then, but now, I'm commenting, and I'm looking at it and think I WAY too hard on it/you. Composition is wonderful, and the contract is great. I reckon its a serious chance for a posthumous... okay... upgrading it up to an 8... might be back to bump it to a 9, as I'm still feeling an 8 might be a tad harsh... stuff it... save myself the effort of coming back... a 9 from me. Well done!

harlequin
by klkitchens

Comment:
I scored this fairly high when voting... commenting now, how could you have got higher from me? I think this lacks a story... a point of focus... a chess piece somewhere perhaps. I don't know.

Bathroom Lines
by jfritz27

Comment:
I only gave this a 7 when I was voting, but I'm thinking it's actually one of my favourite images, and might deserve a bump... okay... what's good?... colours are superb, absolutely brilliant, the composition is great, though I think you could have lost some of the black at the top (I think). I also love that this is different... you have GREAT vision. What's bad? Other than the black at the top, I can't think of anything... so... with all that said, how can I not bump it up a point or two... okay... a NINE, which will make it the highest score I've given in this challenge (leapfrog the 2 eights). Well done.

Straight with some color
by hajeka

Comment:
This is a fantastic photo. I really love the balance of colours and minimalism, The ONE thing that I would have changed was the white thing at the top, though, that's easier said than done give the basic editing restriction, and the need to keep the left of the image to get the composition impact you've nailed. Wonderful photo and I hope it does well.