New York Fire Department Heroism
by silverleaf

Comment:
This is an interesting composition which seems to work well. The tight crop and the shallow DOF blurring out the background do this image justice!

How Great Thou Art
by jmsetzler

Comment:
I particularly like the play of light and shadow in this photo. It's one of those images where you can't decide if it is too dark or not, so I guess if I have to ask myself that, then it must be spot on. The contrasting is pleasing to my eyes, especially the darker shadows in the chiselled out areas compared to the lighter flatter areas. The pure black background brings our the contours of the face more prominently. This is very good work.

Sphinx
by PaulMdx

Comment:
Now I know you didn't go all the way to Egypt to take this photo :-) The left ear seems to be lower than the right ear, is that just me or is it really like that? I like the courseness of the stone which you've brought out very well - 8.

Life and Death
by bdshort

Comment:
This is a very classy photo. I especially like the way the reds of the leaves stand out by choosing such a shallow DOF. The border is very fitting and the composition is spot on in my opinion. The only thing stopping me giving this pic a 10 is that the main subject is the tree and not the monuments in the background. Still worth a 9 though.

Dedicated to the Women of......
by kebmod54

Comment:
Very sharp and focused. The light blue sky in the background contrasts very positively with the color of the statue, and makes the yellow tones stand out more prominently.

By Any Other Name
by sher

Comment:
I can almost feel the roughness of the surface with my fingers. I like your idea here, especially using a shallow DOF to bring out the foreground more.

Two Outs, Bottom of the Ninth
by EddyG

Comment:
This is very good. The whole composition is ideal. The gray tones of the statue are highlighted extremely well through the background and shallow DOF

Swimming at Dusk
by inspzil

Comment:
You hit your prediction bang on the head there!

Trinity
by crabappl3

Comment:
You get pretty lucky with those sky shots don't ya! Congrats Danny.

Vertical Posture
by Gringo

Comment:
Congrats on second place.