Look closer
by Brin

Comment:
This has structor written all over it. Dramatic sky, skillful post, lovely colors, etc. Nice work. I think I see waldo in the hut.???

Fallen Tree in Paradise
by lovethelight

Comment:
I'm guessing lower right or upper left on the log?????

Seaside Arch
by orvaratli

Comment:
Wow, that is an interesting perspective. I guess its all blurred water. Really otherworldly.

Watcher in the Woods
by Emerkaza

Comment:
Realtree? ;)

Hidden Amongst the Columns
by noraneko

Comment:
This is a nice version too, maybe a little heavy in the foreground but still good.

Fairy Tale Forest
by lynnmarie

Comment:
Very nice textures, and a good job of placing 'waldo'

Spying on the TSA
by Nobody

Comment:
Now that would confuse the xray techs ;)

Fall
by ursula

Comment:
I always come back to this one. One of my top 5 fav photos here at DPC. It has such a lovely light and detail. It is so representative of fall and it reminds me of the aspens in my part of the world. It is one I would like to hang on my wall sometime. :)

Backside
by eamurdock

Comment:
HI from the Critique Club...

Couple of thoughts for you.

First: The color and exposure looks very good. Technically the depth of focus could be improved somewhat. Focus is very sharp on a portion of the petals but falls off quickly before and after that focal plane. This may have been intentional but I cant help but think that a greater depth of field would have improved the picture. To really help identify it explicitly as 'backside', having part of the green center in focus would have been beneficial. Stopping your lens down to f5.6 or f8 would have still allowed you to shoot a decent shutter speed, especially if you upped the ISO rating to 400.

Compositionally the main drawback is the out of focus twig on the LH side. Several commenters mentioned it and I'm sure it was a major factore in the scoring. Flowers have been shot and re-shot so many times it is hard to find a fresh angle. I'm not sure what to suggest compositionally except maybe a tighter crop. ursula and tuckersmom both do some great stuff with flowers.

Scoring was primarily affected by the OOF twig. Again, your colors are vivid and exposure looks great. But, DPC voters are sticklers for focus, depth of focus, and clean compositions. It met the challenge well, just needed some finetuning :)

Any questions? PM me. Keep on shooting and have fun!

Mark

Lost in Shadow
by c_rosney

Comment:
The tilt is a little distracting but I like the different take on Waldo's placement.