Tiger Paws
by sonyalphausr

Comment:
I think this is pretty cool. I guess the votes were the result of people who voted down because they knew what it was or didn't like the applied filter. Such is life. You composed excellently - keep experimenting - you've got a good eye for shape.

Great Blue Heron
by sonyalphausr

Comment:
In hindsight, you should have raised the ISO, dropped the aperture, and raised the shutter speed. 1/15 is too slow to capture such a bird at such a distance. Its otherwise a decent shot - compositionally and lighting-wise. Your score is solely due to the challenge topic and the lack of over the top BLUE expected by voters. they tend to like pretty over challenging, so a blue piece of glass on a black background will usually outscore something such as this. Very good for practicing though. I know how difficult these can be (One of mine) but just keep plugging away - it gets easier over time...

October 2008
by e301

Comment:
you always know how to make me smile. perfectly wonderful capture.

Color of the Fallen
by posthumous

Comment:
Wow. Hard to believe this scored a 4 considering other images in the challenge. And I love the crop, or lack of it - it seems so final, which I thought, going by the title, was the point. For what its worth, I gave you a seven. But I only did one pass and gave up after 20% (disenchantment) so 7 was my highest score for the challenge. Wonderfully seen and captured.

The Lonely Runner
by bobnospum

Comment:
I'm not surprised by the final score - typical DPC. Just wanted to let you know that this image speaks more to me about life, time, and space, than most images in the challenge. While this is not a 'pretty picture,' it is a strong image that tells me a story, gives me an idea into the head of the photographer. That is worth so much more than another sparkly shiny object on a blank background.

Blue autumn
by Gedas

Comment:
beautiful. you captured blue and an emotion, more than 90% of the images I have looked at. Thank you.

The Lonely Runner
by bobnospum

Comment:
I like the way you composed and cropped this.

Flight of Fancy
by mpeters

Comment:
great timing - well captured.

My Blue World
by Balko

Comment:
this is cool. I would have liked to have seen an edge on the other side also, if only to get the complete feeling of being in a snowglobe. great sky for this. The land part is a bit boring - would be interesting to use this effect with better scenery. 7 for giving me that bubble feeling...

the cloud tree
by lenia

Comment:
I love the shape of the tree and the tones used but the crop really seems to fight against the art.