Aikido - Beach Dojo
by vlado

Comment:
Congrats on your top twenty entry. Funny how the opinions are split on your post processing. I don't always like this look, but I like it for this photo.

Tachi-dori Kokyu-nage
by millsa

Comment:
It never occurred to me this might be a self-portrait. Congrats on your top twenty entry.

Todd Eldridge
by geinafets

Comment:
I didn't know who Todd Eldridge is (in your photo he looks a bit like actor Malcolm Gets). I'd say this is way more than "okay" for a quick snap. Very well done!

I know what you mean about rushing to snap a celebrity and not changing your camera settings -- I did the same thing recently:

Street Glow
by bruski

Comment:
Congrats on your top ten entry. Checking your profile, I see you are the king of colorful motion blur! Anyway, better breaking your tripod than your head. Great shot.

Wide Break
by Shutter-For-Hire

Comment:
I expected to see this in the top ten. Anyhow, thanks for generously sharing your methods.

Message edited by author 2009-03-04 16:12:09.

Why am I white......when everyone else is yellow?
by SEG

Comment:
Flowers are such a common subject that any but the most outstanding shots are bound to gather average-or-below votes at best. This seems like a fairly standard photo to me, even with the shallow DOF. I rarely like "eyedropper" color borders, so that's another negative. I didn't vote on this but would probably have given it a 5 or 4. FYI, I don't give much weight to captions (titles), but I "got" the puzzling idea without it.

Riding into the sunset
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
I awarded nine "9"s in this challenge, but only one "10" -- to your photo. Although the subject is a bit too DPC cliché for me, I don't see a single aspect that needs improvment. Congratulations, Jaime.

DSC04065.jpg
by Triplethreat

Comment:
Hey, that's my neighborhood!
:-)

Get em!
by Motek

Comment:
Cool shot, Mark -- a little disorienting to me because the sky looks like water.

I really like your processing style (and Snoopy/Smelly), but I'm beginning to wish you'd try something new, despite the high scores these are bringing you.

Wide Break
by Shutter-For-Hire

Comment:
This must have been fun to shoot (and how many takes, I wonder). Clever and fits the theme.