Jessica
by doug61853

Comment:
One word - lighting.

Angelick
by blissmoi

Comment:
Maybe I'll find myself in the rude comments thread, but this is garbage. Pixelated garbage at that.

Art School
by posthumous

Comment:
This type of photo resonates well with me. Unfortunately this crop really holds the shot back. The big blob of black doesn't add to the image, and really pulls the eye away from the subject. The subject and the detail behind it make this image, I would love to see the crop display them more prominently.

the answers are out there
by JPR

Comment:
You could toss this up on deviantart and ready yourself for about fifty or sixty thousand downloads. Great abstract image with a dark feel. Would make a very slick wallpaper for the computer.

800_4483SusitnaBurmaFire.jpg
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Focus in most of these shots seems slightly off. Also, to be brutally honest, I think you should get the fire gear you were talking about and head for the action. Smoking trees just doesn't keep me looking. But even from here, some closeups of the firefighters could be interesting and present some subject matter with emotion/impact.

Toxic
by jjusa

Comment:
Cool in an avant garde sort of way.

Keith Richards Reincarnate.jpg
by Kronus

Comment:
Good title.

The blown out windows/openings behind the bird are very distracting. Perhaps there was/is another angle to shoot from that doesn't put blinding spots of light behind the beast?

Good detail on its face. Good use of dof to pull the attention to it.

Nice crop/composition with the exception of clipping off part of its lower jaw.

Going Home
by levyj413

Comment:
In reply to your posting of this image in the nauseating 'is it art' thread...

Whoever told you to use a faster shutter speed is obviously an idiot. This is a very impressive shot, particularly how you acheived such absolute clarity/sharpness throughout the architecture while using a shutter speed slow enough to get a pleasing amount of blur on the subject.

Your score is pretty much all you could expect to get from entering this image on this website. This website caters to gimmick studio shots and hypersaturated, bullshit landscapes. Zero-thought-required images. Monkey sees, monkey likes, monkey votes.

Of course you know this, you've been here for some time.

Is this shot art? To someone it is. To others it's not. I would ride the fence. It's a bit of a cliche and, while technically impressive, it doesn't stir my emotions the way other photos do and that's my personal benchmark for what I consider to be art. Is it a good picture? Yes. You waste it on DPC.

Elements in Harmony
by Nuzzer

Comment:
Horrific tone-mapping, but apparently I have no taste as you won a ribbon. So what can I say but, grats!

the sky spells war
by downtherabbithole

Comment:
Take it these are band shots and the look is intentional. Given that, I can get into them when otherwise I wouldn't. Still, I think they'd look even better with some stronger contrat. They look a bit grayed out.