Daydreams from the edge
by Chez

Comment:
that's magic Chez - I didn't see it until after the challenge, but clearly one of my favourites. DPCPrints? :)

Pedro

By the Sea
by Alecia

Comment:
this looks really familiar to me...i can't think why, but it feels like I've been there. I love it. Maybe one of my favourite pictures of all time. thanks for taking it.
P

Anxiety
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I had this as my favourite from the beginning JJ - thanks for taking it.

Pedro

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Leading the Pack
by RiderGal

Comment:
Soooooo Close RG. 7+ scores deserve a ribbon...you wuz robbed.

Pedro

Sweet or sour
by pitsaman

Comment:
this looks a little soft, and i think it's because the colour saturation has been pushed a bit too much. that could either be photoshop or your camera. running an unsharp mask filter would help this. once before you resize it, and again after.

A Time to Live, a Time to Die
by karmat

Comment:
i think a fill-flash would have done wonders for this. it would illuminate the flower without losing the silhouetting on the trees in the background. really like the setup though.
Pedro

Escape
by unclea76

Comment:
gotta be Arizona or Utah, which means it started out a brilliant red/orange - which makes me wonder why the olive duotone. the choice of colour flattens the contrast a bit, and i think that detracts from the compositional contrast between the tree and the rock. I shot one almost identical to this last week at Tonto NM :). I'd like to see it in colour as well.

Pedro

New life....Frankie my son
by balzak

Comment:
what an angel. love the look on his face. the background draws away from him i think. something solid would put the attention back on him. congratulations by the way :)
Pedro

New
by Firstrich1

Comment:
I didn't vote on this challenge, but I did look at all the pictures, and this is hands down (pardon the pun) the best of the lot. Compositionally I think you nailed it - nice crop, great lines, nice DOF. I think technically it could be improved a little - diffused light would eliminate the hot spots of the baby's fingernails, and the reds seem a little overdone, accounting for some of the grain. Really all it needed was better lighting, but giventhe subject I can see how that might be difficult. I'd give it a 9, and I don't give many of those.

monument to freedom
by magnetic9999

Comment:
MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG,MAG! You rock, Bro - nice pic.

Pedro