Into the Mystic
by admart01

Comment:
Ditto pineapple. Light touch.

Boardwalk
by riolobo

Comment:
This is quite wonderful - possibly too restrained, which is its virtue because it is enormously dramatic/graphic, for dpc, although this was a tough challenge to compete in. The subtle contrast between the reflected trees and the trees themselves just enhances the pull of the verticals.

Royal Canadian Goose
by MaryO

Comment:
Suckered by your title!

Blessed Matrimony
by glad2badad

Comment:
Love the dimensions and idea in this. The glimpse can be all we need.

You're So Vane
by LizArtDesign

Comment:
Perfect picture for the title. Rather difficult to make the skylights and cedar shakes harmonious but the limited colour palette seems to make it work; indeed the overall composition and framing make this sit quite well. (Thanks for sharing processing, and keep up the great work with the point and shoot).

River portrait
by puzzled

Comment:
Delightful. Big person too. So glad this did well.

The Walk Home
by escapetooz

Comment:
Don't know whether to start with the story (to be able to walk btwn gma and ggma w. one's dog!) or the nice contre-jour and the most eloquent shadows. I'm just a sucker for it all.

Reflecting Giant
by trevytrev

Comment:
Love the feel of this. The grain softens the sky and possibly the contrast with arch as well, and echoes and balances the ripples in the water pulling the 2 parts of the picture together. As well the feathery texture of the trees fits right into this. Shading of dark to light, rule of thirds etc... too, but mostly the texture makes this very accessible. (And I don't think this is only because I have seen ugly postcards of the arch).

Cactus
by Veiolets

Comment:
Sharp contrasts and form; the occasional glimpse of detail in the ribs is a real tease.

Fort Rodman.jpg
by of-snow

Comment:
Shoot! Just wrote an enormous comment and lost it. In brief, I love all the elements of sea and sky and light - no one mentioned the scudding clouds above the pier echoing the wavelets just beneath the horizon - great contrast to what's going on under the pier... For some reason the composition looks stronger in the thumbnail. (Agree the framing is distracting - lines of the pier and the strong lights and darks don't need the competition/interference).