Autumn Parade
by MAK

Comment:
Congrats on the Red MAK - I love the vibrancy of the colors while maintaining a lifelike feel. Good Stuff!

The Game of Life
by Marc923

Comment:
Overall, this isn't a bad shot and I would expect it to do pretty well in a "games" challenge. The focus is solid, the colors bright and cheery, the composition pretty solid and the theme well thought out.

But, I really think 'play' to DPC voters meant action and activity. The top shots showed a person or persons doing something active (spinning, flying a kite, etc). Using a macro here for an active term such as play or work was likely to get lower votes.

The Welder
by cptpoland

Comment:
Maciek - This shot is awesome. Congrats on the top 10. I was surprised that this didn't ribbon.

Saturday Night
by Germaine

Comment:
I think the coolest part of the photo (beyond the great soft warm orange glow of the light) is that it seems all the people are paired up in some way, enjoying each others company, talking, playing, just being together.

Greenurbia
by Ringostarr

Comment:
good use of lines to draw us in

American Gothic Redux
by timfythetoo

Comment:
awesome take here - a total riot

Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky
by benolsen

Comment:
awesome choice of perspective - and the quote from Pete Seeger gets you full credit!

bro grimm snow white -out take
by eyeduphotos

Comment:
To be honest - I really like this one better than your entry. As I said during the challenge, I think a different angle to add some tension is what the photo really needed. This has a great sense of "Do I trust her and should I eat it?" to it. Nice work overall - and the processing was outstanding on all the shots you made for this challenge.

Simeli Mountain - Grimm Tale #142
by Blackbox

Comment:
I got your PM, so here is a bit more on the photo.

I like the overall feel of the image, the dark and forboding sky, the layers of rock, the forsaken land. It works pretty well actually. I just think the image is a bit flat. This can potentially be corrected in two ways.

First, the best way is to find the best time of day to leverage the light and how it interacts with the landscape. For me, I think low angle light to show the subtle differences in the layers could really work. On a landscape like this, I almost wonder if being at this location at different times of day to see how the light interacts with the scene would be most beneficial. The best landscape photogs go back to scenes over and over again to learn how the light interacts with the subject. It is a cool location, it might be worth it here.

Second, post processing can bring out a bit more bite to the details. one of my favorite tools for local contrast is to use unsharp mask at large radius to increase local contrast. Setting such as 25%, 50 pixel radius, and 0 threshold will add some contrast without impacting the sharpness of the image. It works really well for me when I am trying to pull out textures in lines. I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of performing this action/filter on your image (see below). I think it does bring out the lines of the rocks a bit better and also shows up the vignette that was already in the image.


I hope this is helpful.

Cinderella
by stevieian

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon. An excellent shot, lovely lighting, and a really great feel.