buzzing busily
by tamatama

Comment:
Lovely rich tones and warm lighting. My fav ... 10

Fly-by
by zardoz

Comment:
Great capture - bug is rather small in context, but well done anyway.

Flutter by Butterfly
by nsoroma79

Comment:
Not sure - this looks a little posed...it IS very beautiful,crisp, well composed,focused and so on...it appears staged. Will look this up again out of interest after results are out.

Arthrodpoda in Blue
by hideout

Comment:
Interesting blue background with good textures. Compliments the redness of the bug.

Hypercompe scribonia
by nadiaC

Comment:
I do wish the wings were completely in view. Beautiful colour palette: soft and powdery.

Attack of the BlackLight Scorpion
by roba

Comment:
I would have liked his characteristic tail to be in the shot - even if it was out of focus to keep the shallow DOF...that tail is what makes a scorpion isn't it?

Shedinja
by skewsme

Comment:
I like the browns and rust colours.

the seagull and i
by ShannonLee

Comment:
This has such a huge amount of movement in it: it takes the eye on a journey like an Escher drawing...you tell where it starts and finishes..... Mezmerizing.

Into The Sun
by shanelighter

Comment:
I can only offer you my personal response (which is not at all in line with general DPC voters so take it with a pinch of salt)... plants as such lack drama. I gave you a 5 in voting it seems.... I think with a big challenge where the voter is flipping through 329 images, the ones that meet the challenge adequately, kind of fall into the 5 zone. If they have a certain amount of drama/interest they move up into the 6's. Excellent technicals and "story" end up in the 7's...Looking at your score spread, you got a few 9's and 7's which is great. Can't account for the dweebs that gave you 2's, 3's and 4's...

The very centre of the sun is very blown out and harsh on the eye. It's a pretty enough image and fits the criteria, but that's sort of where it ends...it's not saying anything special and it has that technical fault. Hope that helps and doesn't hurt too much :-(

The fog carries the horizon away to the sunrise...
by faery

Comment:
Thanks Jutilda, Sandy and Germaine - your opinions mean a lot. Pleased that there was some recognition of my efforts. I do like this one too. Somehow the placing this time round didn't hurt much...must be growing that thick skin!