Eye "Q"
by Matthew

Comment:

Originally posted by itzabitritzy: You see that big circle thing...with the sort of 'slash' in the bottom right quarter? Well, in the American Alphabet that makes a 'Q'.

Without wishing tpo be fussy, I am not sure it is just the American alphabet (if there is such a thing)... But agreed: hopefully a big "Q" for all to see. Thanks all for the further nice comments!

Matthew

Barn
by sbeaumont

Comment:
red cast is slight;y disconcerting

Dungeness
by Nobody

Comment:
great subject, but too light on my monitor. suggest increase contrast (or ues red filter).

St. Joseph's Church
by hopper

Comment:
nice pic - like the fish eye effect, But abandoned? Not portrayed in the image,

Sea Shell ME
by Stagolee

Comment:
Great pic, congrats on finish! My eye is drawn immediately to the pebbles rather than the shell - maybe a lower brightness would have helped retain attention better (highlights on the rocks are a little distracting).

Last Letter Against Waves
by gcibo

Comment:
Congrats on high fnish. Great "Z"! Horizon is slightly hazy to me - on my Konica 400KZ I get a haze that I can lose with autolevels. Distance haze seems to me to be more pronounces and problematic with smaller lenses, such as P&S - hard to lose in basic editing. For level horizon, in PS, click and hold the eye dropper tool and select the ruler tool - align a line along the horizon and select edit/rotate/arbitrary - the correct rotation will appear in the box for you automatically!

V/Y
by arbil14

Comment:
Great natural find. Good finish - Congrats! Contrast on subject is absolutely great - love it!

Border is not nice - especially funny blur on bottom and RHS. Bokeh great, though bright branches in background detract slightly for me.

This place is a real zoo
by jjbeguin

Comment:
This reminds me of HL2 (Ravenholm)...

Love the image, though impact does depend in part, for me, on the title. I like the bottles - they add interest without being too dominating. Could live without border (did not add or detract from my vote, I think).

r
by bruski

Comment:
Nick - I thought that this pic was going to beat mine for sure...! Love the colour contrast, and the sky looks amazing - esp since basic editing and no dodge/burn. The "r" is as bold as they come. No excuse for "1"s. Huge depth and great image.

"V"
by Tallbloke

Comment:
Congrats on top ten. This was not a pic that I had rated on first glance (shows what I know!) - but grows on me with reflection. Feels slightly off balance (about 3 degrees CW rotate required to even out water flow in top RHS). High contrast important for the "V", but maybe slightly too strong for the pretty picture effect.

Personally, I almost always vote a border slightly down unless it works really well (in which case no conscious improvement or deduction to my vote) - I like to judge the image and the 1 pixel black border is usually enough for me. Think that there are more voters like me - not sure if we outvote the border-lovers or not...!