Trees
by Katmystiry

Comment:
This is cool - just enough zoom effect to make it look fantastical, while still clearly identifiable for what it actually is. I like how you framed this, where the branches themselves are oriented in a somewhat circular pattern around one another, with all that zoom shooting out from the central set of leaves.

In Motion
by Katmystiry

Comment:
Good look and feel to this, with the processing, but the composition doesn't engage me very well - jumbled, busy compositions aren't bad things necessarily, but this one just doesn't "hook" me.

job girl.jpg
by pcody

Comment:
Intriguing abstract and use of texture.

Hollis Brown
by Coley

Comment:
Wow - really great, spare but powerful shot - now I'll be seeing this in my mind's eye every time I hear the song.

Proud to Serve
by BHuseman

Comment:
The selective sharpening (or selective blur, can't quite tell which) has left some very distracting sharpness in the patterned backdrop around his head. I believe if you perform your selection with the image zoomed at 100% or greater you might be able to get a more accurate edge with your selection. This is a nice idea though, for portrait presentation, and is still a cut above average.

Yellow Flower
by Stanislaw

Comment:
This is very striking and colorful, but could be improved if the very center was more in focus - possibly your point of focus could have been pulled forward a bit and f stop increased 1 stop to bring more of that center in focus without losing focus elsewhere.

The Unsuccessful Chameleon
by smurfguy

Comment:
And he looks pretty glum about it, too! Funny shot.

Hay! Slow Down!
by ShannonLee

Comment:
Fantastic play on the challenge title - the DNMC brigade will hunt you down, but I am not one of them. Great. :)

day 13. Fiona
by ShannonLee

Comment:
This is such a fun and funky portrait - successful both at capturing sense of character and sense of place. The eye moves around at first, until it finds the true subject in the bottom corner, like a revelation.

day 13. 30 days of sharpless. whistling
by roz

Comment:
Striking shot, very much a treat for the eyes. Smooth, shiny, glaring, blurry, all at once.