redundant
by Lutchenko

Comment:
Looks like a rather yucky top of a toothpaste tube. White frame works pretty well.

Silver and Gold
by banmorn

Comment:
Excellent detail. Obviously a little bolt, but no clue what the parts are for.

Open Up
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Nice use of color.

e y e
by rooum

Comment:
Perhaps a water drop refracting that dark line. Looks like the head of a tiny slotted screw but the edge is a bit irregular for that.

Wondrous
by Retroesque

Comment:
Looks like a bird's nest, maybe for a hummingbird. I like the use of selective depth of field to hold attention to the detailed central part.

Prometheus's fall
by jaysonmc

Comment:
What a wonderful image: swirls of abstract masses of color capture the essence of the season, the blur speaks to the process of falling to the ground, and the colors work well together. I had this near the top and still think it deserved much higher placement.

Trapped
by hotpasta

Comment:
I really enjoy the simplicity, with the figure and ground regularly reversing. Gives a dyamic sensation absent from most of the other entries. This serves both as an interesting semi-abstract image of fingers of ice converging on a glowing center and a detailed image of a warm colored leaf embedded in crystalized light. I had this at the top of the challenge. Appreciate hearing how much extra work went into the making.

Black Dog
by Melethia

Comment:
The dynamic quality of the dog with distant figures on a diagonal works well with the camera motion and excellent B&W processing. Glad to see I wasn't alone in giving this a 10. Wonderful to have it in the top ten despite being very different from the images typically up there in DPC challenges.

hello?
by Lutchenko

Comment:
Amazing originality. Being able to see such creativity is one of the big rewards of DPC participation.

Grasshopper Eating Lunch
by woodsey

Comment:
Use of shallow depth of field works well for the image - keeping the grasshopper and first thistle sharp, making a moderate blur for the two further thistles, and really obscuring the background. It gives a sense of three dimensionality and simplifies the composition so we pay attention to the main subject. But I would expect low votes in a challenge asking for deep depth of field.