Salsa
by jimntonic

Comment:
Like to have seen a little more texture discernible. Looks like natural lighting but not sure it is highlighting this rose, including the color, as well as stronger lighting may have.

The Deserted Pier
by dippydaz

Comment:
9 - Wow. Beautiful pier, exquisitely captured. Love your nice straight lines. At first I wanted to see the sky hold some more interest, but I think it allows the pier to shine through. If anything, maybe a more horizontal crop/more width, but at this size you would likely lose too much. Changing anything about the crop/framing would just create 'another' (excellent) image.

The Great Andromeda Galaxy
by jlanoue

Comment:
See, that's the trouble with putting an image like this in a Free Study where you will get voters who automatically see an image like this and are so stuck in a 'small world' box .... that they think this must be either photoshopped, 'copied from Hubble' or could not be achieved in a single exposure (re the validation (which in this case is a good little 'badge' to have here)). Having said that, I do wish I knew enough about astronomy to comment on this from a scientific point of view (and also photographic, because these images require a developed skill set (and equipment)). However I can comment on the aesthetics and, whilst this is of course a beautiful subject, the colors look slightly washed and the black is not as black as I'd like to see, especially to make the galaxy 'pop' more. I 'guess' it is fairly text book for this galaxy, and it is difficult to make 'creative' suggestions for such an image. The only thing I wonder about is, whether a variation in composition and/or framing might give this an edge over other similar images. I do hope we get an Astronomy Challenge. And, I hope one day to be able to take/create an image like this. Until then I always admire the images of those that do and have some appreciation of the work involved and knowledge required. Hope that all makes sense. Giving this a 7, but one of the most difficult images I've had to score at DPC. Up to 8 from 7 - because of the difficulty involved with this single exposure.

Fiat Lux
by mpeters

Comment:
8 - Very pure feel to this. Well captured.

The Perfect Storm
by PeterPic

Comment:
... Magnificent clouds.

The ride of your life!
by Scapeshots

Comment:
Ooo. Can't help wonder about the composition 'adjusted' somehow to give this a little extra - maybe even a bold horizontal type crop, but your call. Nice capture.

Barcelona Nights
by FellSevenLeaves

Comment:
Perhaps a tighter crop (left and bottom) may have made this a stronger image. Good focus and nice expression. The pose is nice but I just noticed she has her fingers on the chords, yet the other hand is not playing, so perhaps relaxing that hand - but minor and, may have ended up too 'directed'.

Mye Blue Eyed Girl
by h0bbel

Comment:
Don't understand why you wouldn't take the time to 'set up' such beautiful blue eyes 'in' an image that really showcases them, but your call. Very difficult when one is emotionally attached to an image and just viewing it 'as an image'.

Fall's Brilliant Rays
by cislander

Comment:
Nice simplicity. Looks like a lovely garden. The oof leaves in the background, whilst offer a nice shaped bokeh and additional character to the image, the blown part is distracting and takes attention away from the main subject. Like the gossamer thread captured too. More refined crop at the very bottom to eliminate that something I just noticed, but minor.

Field of Fire
by daboardergirl

Comment:
Beautiful scene. Shame you've lost the detail of the far mountains upper right. Perhaps cropping that out (and possibly even a square framing) may have removed that distracting/detracting element. Very nice colors in the land.