Lush
by krnodil

Comment:
actually, my favorite thing about this is that it's NOT silky smooth. I like being able to see the weave of the fabric. If this were all glowy and smooth it would be DPC-kitsch city.

It's tough to make a shot like this interesting, though. You've got to find the right abstract composition, and what makes it "right" cannot be defined. There has to be something surprising about it, or energetic. Do you realize your shadows are very close to depicting a woman in a dress holding (or reaching for) a big heart? That would be one way to make this surprising. There are others as well.

Personally, I'm better at finding surprises in images than putting them into my own... :)

Elements from Within
by LaMas

Comment:
Very cool image! The image is yours. Not meeting DPC's outdated editing rules doesn't detract from it a bit.

Earth Fire & Water
by BrianR

Comment:
Imaginative, thoughtful, creative take on the challenge. You were robbed!

Nourished from Above and Below...
by krnodil

Comment:
This is beautiful! I was cherrypicking from the thumbnails and missed this completely.

Neptune's Homeless
by purpleflutterby13

Comment:
very nice. I like how the water leads right to him. your lighting looks almost exactly like mine but I upped the contrast when I converted to black and white.

vol de nuit
by silverfoxx

Comment:
Even at 6+, this was way underscored. And just so you know, I did NOT recognize you. You might have been on my list of suspects, but I did not know it was you.

Interaction
by Tycho

Comment:
otherworldly. wow. Posthumous Yellow Ribbon

Geysir
by karinn

Comment:
perfect. ecstatic. Posthumous Red Ribbon.

vol de nuit
by silverfoxx

Comment:
spectacular. the best I've seen so far. I didn't vote enough for them to count, but you get the Posthumous Blue Ribbon, which is just as real as a DPC blue ribbon... hahahaha

Observing Earth and Water by Air
by awpollard

Comment:
brilliant to put that curve over the straight line of the bridge. classic composition.