Start of Boating Season, Lake Michigan
by flip89

Comment:
Hey, this looks like Chicago, sailing into the lake from Navy Pier. Is it? Beautiful four-master! Beautiful sky. Good work!

Little Bear River
by dsidwell

Comment:
Wowsers! This one's your best one yet! I'm impressed. In other words, this is a beautiful picture, excellent.

Electric Fragility
by moodville

Comment:
Beautiful!!!!

Fields-of-Gold.jpg
by Pedro

Comment:
Were these taken in sepia?

Mist.jpg
by Pedro

Comment:
ducks included, nice!

Bus Tour
by Clifton E Jones

Comment:
Hi, Clifton,

First of all, welcome to DPChallenge and congratulations on a pretty good finish for a first ever entry at this site. It's quite an achievement here to get a score over 5 on your first entry.

Composition: This is a strong entry for "Abstract". The colours are beautiful, as are the shapes. The straight lines combined with the arched lines make for an interesting picture. On the downside, I think that the dark stripe at the top, the sign towards the top middle-right, and the very small lighter section at the bottom left are a bit distracting. I'm not sure if the picture would be better without them, but they are a distraction.

Technical: I don't see any problems. Focus is good, and DOF doesn't come much into play as this seems to be a picture of a flat object on a plane parallel to your camera. Your post-processing (colour/contrast adjustment) is good.

For DPC: The picture looks small. You are allowed up to 640 px on the longest side (up to 640x640), and 150 KB. You can use any proportions you want. Your longest side is well below 640 px. Smaller pictures usually do not score as well as they could here at DPC, I am not sure why, but that seems to be the way it goes here.

I hope this helps a little bit. Congratulations again for a very good showing on your first entry. Take care,

Ursula

Questions, comments, complaints, please feel free to email me (uiba@telus.net)

Battered Ball, Worn-out Glove
by HRoxas

Comment:
Boy, another one with beautiful toning/background. I love baseball shots.

Time and Elements
by HRoxas

Comment:
I think I like this one almost better than the abstract shot you entered (and that one is beautiful). This one is so gentle, yet strong. The background is beautiful, so smooth.

Trois
by HRoxas

Comment:
Congratulations, Henry, this is a beautifully composed shot. Love the textures and shapes, the picture is very "touchable".

Unorthodox
by TooCool

Comment:
Beautiful shot. Love the sepia tones here. The picture has a gentle feel to it that I really like.

PS - I really hope you get at least some of your pictures back.