Penguins on Ice
by Charlene

Comment:
Beautiful shot. This is a priceless moment. Curious if have further outtakes from this? Would love to see them. Also love the title.

Into The Great Beyond
by JeniY

Comment:
I like the strong lines and the nice framing on the side. Maybe too much white space in the sky, the would be the only minor thing I could suggest. Good work.

Catch a Falling Star
by colorcarnival

Comment:
I really enjoyed this one in the challenge! You are so good a macro. With the frame and DoF wonderful shot.

Oh yeah, congrats on the Ribbon too!

Message edited by author 2008-01-09 12:03:40.

Christmas Angel
by angelfire

Comment:
Very cute post and a nice high contrast treatment. Not much I would change.

The Moon Drops Through the Morning's Palette to the Horizon...
by NikonJeb

Comment:
Hey Jeb, I liked your redo of this image as I feel it is more natural. Still just to say it does have wonderful texture and placement of items.

Santa's Little Helper
by Kali

Comment:
Beautiful eyes. The soft effect kind of reminds me of old wedding albums of the 70s/80s. Not sure if that is a good thing. I think the exposure is terrific. Curious what this would look straight out of the camera without the vignette. Adorable child and a picture to remember.

TO GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE WE GO
by rider

Comment:
Why is there a bench in the bridge? That is the thing that interests me. I think maybe getting a bit closer and emphasizing that would be cool. RIght now it is is a standard old red bridge picture. In itself it is good, but if you are going to do the ordinary on DPC, they usually expect it as the over-the-top style. Personally, I find the shot good. I gave it a 5 in the challenge, so above the average...

gimme
by Alicia

Comment:
Here are the things I like. I really like the lines. I like the contrast. And I like the exposure. Those things are key. I think you just missed the focus a bit as it is on the front post. I also think if there was something in the fingers it would have helped. Still I like the lines a lot.

Winter Wonderland
by KarenNfld

Comment:
I think a normal shot could easily score well, I don't think it needs to be HDR for DPC necessarily. I really enjoy most of your shots and this one included. I really like the shadows and details. The exposure is spot on too. I think this one might have been better with a different focal length. Curious what you shot this at, 35mm?

What I might suggest for the same scene is get close and use a very wide angle to really give a sense of scale to that tree of the right and distance overall. Or go longer (200mm) and back up to a distance where the same scene is laid out above, but now you will a more compress feeling. Right now I feel the image is too clumped together as far as eye movement. But your mileage may vary.

Just my two cents. I enjoyed the picture and I gave you a 6 during the challenge.

Fishing at Twilight
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:
The blur is terrific. Even if you would have gotten it sharp, difficult for the DPC crowd. My only suggestion would maybe to crop just a bit off the right and to increase the contrast. Even without that, the shot is stunning and considering the conditions even more rewarding.