Chicken Shooter
by Strikeslip

Comment:
Nice one Slippy, weel done - funny too!

The Ancient Terracotta Army . . . of Katy, Texas
by scarbrd

Comment:
Congrats on the top 10 shot

ciervos en luz
by yanko

Comment:
Your first Free Study Top 10! That's a surprise. Great shot, congrats

Dreamtime
by sherpet

Comment:
This would look good printed on a canvas I'd think

M&S?
by RMyers1314

Comment:
This reminds me of my very first DPC entry:

For that, I'll give this a 9 even though the lighting is a bit harsh and it feels slightly overexposed

Darkness creeping over day
by HighNooner

Comment:
Fantastic colours!

I know its around here somewhere, I can smell it...
by Moatz

Comment:
Nice picture but I think for this challenge there are a few things that voters may vote down for.
1. This is B&W and there is an argument that a B&W is not a Duotone image. This could be argued for weeks and I doubt that an agreement would be reached.
2. The shadow on the animal's face means we are drawn to the tree at the right and not to the animal, which we should be.
3. I feel the shadow is also hiding the area in the image that is sharpest. Overall the image feels soft and lacking sharpness but from what I can tell the focus is on the little fellas face - we just can't tell due to the shadows.
4. The border seems wrong. The top and left are against the edge of the image but what happened to the bottom and right? I find the best way to add a border is to resize your image smaller than the final size and then increase the canvas size with the border colour.

As an image goes it is good, I'd vote is middle of the road on it's own merits, the lighting is the biggest issue for me. You may also like to try a portrait crop that covers the left half of the image as that may direct viewers to the animal more.

Reflections at Medicine Lake
by Meoux

Comment:
Nice tones. 7

Mischevious
by njsabs

Comment:
Lovely! 7

lucy jo
by jamesfrater

Comment:
I can't help but wonder why the focus is on the headrest and not the girl? 5