Falling to Earth
by Hipychik

Comment:
So it's a stained-glass window? Something about it left me wondering. Very pretty colors and textures, and I like the angled composition.

Edited to add: Wow! Look at that average from your commenters. You certainly found your audience! :)

Message edited by author 2007-08-29 01:28:50.

Painted Lady
by raish

Comment:
Pretty colors. Would've fit nicely into the blur side challenge, as the blur encourages me to expore the colors and shapes more than worry about sharp edges.

Three Pitchers
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
Very nice composition, Rob! I also like the colors. Congrats on a new personal top 5! My only issue is the bright blob on the leftmost pitcher. Were you using your on-camera flash?

Angle
by xianart

Comment:
A delightful capture of summer. :)

Music
by JuliBoc

Comment:
Julianne, I voted this a 6 as a nice, pretty, peaceful scene with interesting colors and shapes. I encourage you to explore perspective correction tools if you have them available. In particular either skew or perspective could have straightened out the verticals on the left side.

Spreading the Ashes - Goodbye Dad
by BAMartin

Comment:
Very emotional shot, Barbara. I think the composition hurt your score, though it was clear even during voting there was a story to be learned here. Putting the man and the box in opposite corners might have helped, along with getting the box a little away from the edge. That would make the space work as a separation, showing that the ashes have left the box and are now flying free in the world. As it is, the image feels unbalanced, with a whole lot of space on the left not really contributing to the story.

Edited to thank you for sharing your father's story. This is good example of an image that's much more powerful for knowing the background. DPC's competition format doesn't provide the opportunity for appreciating the moment as much as the photo all by itself.

Message edited by author 2007-08-29 21:39:04.

Mosque
by Melethia

Comment:
Congrats on the score, Deb - once again we're neighbors! :) My only nitpick was to think about cropping off some of the left side so the tower gets more out of the middle. It's kind of halfway out now, but that leaves composition uncomfortable to me. I realize that'd make it an even taller photo.

Ancient Worship "Sacred Mother of Golden Light"
by WriteHeart

Comment:
Got a 6 from me, Julie. I hope you're happy with the shot. I've never managed to capture lightning, so I think it's pretty cool!

backlighting the rain
by posthumous

Comment:
My eye goes right to the space between the trees. It's like their dancing or shaking hands.

Back To Home
by L o S T

Comment:
Wow, that's beautiful! Congrats!