Wind
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I commented on this during voting, and I have to now say, this is by far the most under rated, under appreciated image of the challenge, in that I think it deserves to finish MUCH higher, score MUCH higher than it did in the end. I think 6.8+ is more like where it deserved to be which would have put you in the top 10... in my books... even with the issues I highlighted in my original comment.

I love the composition... I love the colour of the sky. Hell, I like this so much, I think it deserves a fav.

quietude
by skewsme

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I love this photo and am surprised it didn't do better in the challenge. I have no idea why, but perhaps b/c it may have been, as you said, not HDR-y enough. Shame. Composition, detail, colour... all wonderful, although, perhaps not enough colour for the DPC audience. That said, I wouldn't change a single thing in the image. Love it.

edelbrock
by krnodil

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

Nice image, though I think I'd have preferred it in colour. The effect of the chrome may have been lost a little by going to B&W with this, IMO...

Energy of Pain
by Photologist

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I really love the clouds, composition and colours in this shot and the details you've managed to get in the sand with your HDR processing. I feel the ONE thing that hurt this image was the pixelation (from sharpening perhaps?) around the structure... as your eye is naturally drawn to the subject, and then the pixelation just really jars. I reckon this would have easily been a top 10 if not for that one little issue... but having just looked at the other comments, perhaps its just me that the pixelation is an issue with. Anyway... I'd love to see this if you reprocessed it with the comments it got in mind.

Wash Day
by vawendy

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I like the minimalism of this image, and love the balance it has. The window and the tub (?) in the table... superbly balanced. This is an excellent example of where HDR can be used well. I think this may have suffered a little from the voters that punish anything with too much of the HDR black/grit or haloing as "overprocessed". Despite this, it's done quite well. Congratulation on an excellent HDR entry.

Harvest Time
by BrianR

Comment:
Commenting as part of my Team Suck duties...

I reckon this subject had some wonderful potential. A tighter crop (remove much of the right) and a little tweaking of the HDR to reduce the blacks and halo in the clouds and this would have faired much better. I think this image as it is suffered b/c it fell between the pigeon holes of landscape and mechanical, and also b/c it feels a little over processed. I do like the subject, the details and the colours in the shot... I'd love to see some outtakes or this one reprocessed, as I think you could get a top 10 from it.

Yarras Edge
by millsa

Comment:
Finished over 6! Well done... deserved a 6 at the very minimum. Keeping your percentage of 6+ finished up there :)

Le Vieux Moulin
by AmeedEl-Ghoul

Comment:
Stunning image and well deserving of the HM... you deservedly won this battle... until we next meet ;)

Congratulation!

New and Old Architecture
by ronaldfw

Comment:
Excellent example of HDR, though the clouds have a little bit of the over processed feel and there's a hint of haloing on the wall to the left of the stairwell... a product of the software I take it... but it doesn't really take away from the clarity and great colour of this image... well done... a top 10 image IMHO.

Wind
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Great image. Composition is fantastic, the sky's colour is superb... the corn and grass just lack something... perfect otherwise. Initially a 7 which I later bumped to 8... don't be surprised if I bump it to a 9 by weeks end.