Wind in the Willows
by jomari

Comment:
the branches seem to be stirring up the clouds

Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
by Tiberius

Comment:
love the choice of DOF in this one

LETS PLAY....:
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Excellent work Tim. Congrats on the Blue!

Jeanette
by kawesttex

Comment:
I will be honest, I find the crop completely wrong on this. The top half of the image seems wasted to me, as if you haven't done any cropping at all. Maybe you wanted the branches above her to 'frame' the scene, but they are too far away to help you IMO.

She's a very pretty lady and you captured her nicely, but there are blown out section on her hand that are a bit unfortunate.

Sean
by Tommy_Mac

Comment:
While I think you did a fine job of balancing the amount of light on your son and allowing the sunset to still be visible and well exposed, the choice of on camera flash caused a harsh look. Further, the use of an appropriate gel to modify the color of the light from the flash to better match the light from the sunset would have really evened out the light.

For me, the balance of the colors of the light (harsh blue flash light and the soft warm oranges from the sunset) conflicted with each other.

Like others have stated, it is a great photo of your son and you SHOULD be proud of it. But for next time, get a set of gels so you can really make this one stand out for the rest of us!

Babel
by tome

Comment:
I thought this one was brilliant when I saw it during voting. And at first, I thought it might very well be a combination of multiple images. I think you hit this one out of the park on attempting to achieve the startling and intense look of Peter Funch in a single snap. Well done!

tis the season
by bmartuch

Comment:
First off - I really like the IDEA of the shot. The repeating shapes of the various skis with the unique color patterns is a great subject. But I really can't stand the border at all (it was too much for me). I think I get the humor of it (angled without being angled), but those big black blobs in the corners really kills it for me.

Dragonfly on lily bloom
by lensman67

Comment:
Gary - this one looks great! Be careful of those saturation levels - you have 'blown' out a bit of the detail in the flower, but the dragon fly looks awesome!

Reflections
by lensman67

Comment:
Gary - you sure put a lot of color into this one. It does pop when on the monitor. In some way, I worry that you may have pushed it a bit on some of the processing techniques. This is noticeable when you bump those saturations up, especially in the blue and cyan channels. If you look closely around the treeline, you can see the start of some halo-ing (light areas around the trees -both in the sky and in the water). It is subtlein the sky, but is pretty obvious in the water. This really gives the shot a less polished look.

Regarding the composition, the boat being so far to the right gives the shot an unbalanced feel. I think trying to compose the shot with the boat more at at the right 1/3 mark would make the boat more the subject, rather than an afterthought. It is a very cool object and worthy of the setting.

'Tis the wind and nothing more
by chazoe

Comment:
Wonderful richness of the conversion and excellent use of negative space to create an image with impact. The shape of the bird is magical and perfectly meets the challenge. However, what makes the image engaging likely cost you substantially in the score - the uncentered positioning of the bird.

You have a wonderful image here, and I can understand why it is your DPC profile image.