Geometric Interruption
by LanndonKane

Comment:
Excellent work - I love the strong lines and the placement of the person. Good stuff!

Color Contrast
by silverscreen

Comment:
Extremely clean and crisp shot - the use of skew and primary colors works extremely well together - with the green downspout finishing the color metaphor...

Geometry
by h2

Comment:
Oliver - Completely underrated - the lines, angles and repeating shapes really provides a great deal of interest.

Letters
by PGerst

Comment:
Really nice finish buddy! I thought the set up and execution of the shot was fantastic, the use of duotones worked great, and the props were right on the money.

Just be careful of that oversharpening!!!

Fear of Future
by e301

Comment:
Ed - Awesome work as usual - I was one of your 9s...

the use of strong shadows, repeated rectangles throughout the shot, the light on their backs from the left all make for an enriching and complete image

Letters
by PGerst

Comment:
nice sentiments here - i just feel the image is a tad oversharpened along the edges - especially noticable along the edges of the paper

Mallard
by cynthiann

Comment:
Cynthia - I think this entry is really close! I think the details on the bird are really pretty solid- especially as the bird is looking at you but is not dead straight on.

For areas that I think could be modified to score better (if that is what you are after).

1. Water color choice - The extreme blue color makes this a bit too unnatural compared to the good colors of the bird itself. Toning back the hue and saturation adjustment just a bit really would have made this seem more real.

2. The crop seems a bit tight in the vertical direction. The length of the photo and the negative space on both sides of the duck is right on the money, but the vertical direction seems far too closed to me as a viewer.

3. The somewhat harsh light on the duck seems to limit the amount of details in the feathers we might be able to get.

Here is a quick edit with a bit of adjustment in the blue hue and a drop in saturation, and a cloning in of some more of the water to provide more room for the duck to breathe.

I don't know if it is better, but it was the first couple things I thought of to bring up the score for the DPC viewers.



Oh, and by backing off on the darkness of the blue - we can see more details in the ripples around the duck!

p.s. I hope you don't mind me taking a crack at an edit!

Message edited by author 2008-02-05 13:36:41.

015053
by jdannels

Comment:
the grain created by the soft areas really gives this a feel of film/ remembering to finish a photo for a side challenge - not simply cropping and desaturating is a thing I need to remember!

Red-Tailed Hawk
by brownsm

Comment:
Excellent work Steve - Fabulous sharpness on the eyes and wonderfully rich colors.

headfirst
by krnodil

Comment:
An important tip for you for next time, nuthatches don't ever stop moving...

Great image - i love the warm and rich background to contrast the tree and bird - and I think you did an impressive job of it with the shutter speed you had to work with...next time try upping the ISO a bit to allow you a bit faster speeds