awe inspiring
by Thaddeus_Smith

Comment:
Looks like another of the team effort I have seen several similar entries of already. I like this one, but would suggest cropping it to put the person off center a bit.

Nature's Palette
by BarbB

Comment:
I see there were a few people shooting together for this challenge.

Electric
by macrothing

Comment:
Nice colors, but comes off to me as very soft.

05:45am sunrise
by ytshuva

Comment:
Is this a trailer, or a mushroom with a door?

Industrial sunrise
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
Nice, but seems a little HDR-ish, and it just strikes me as too much for an already strong subject.

"Here Comes The Sun"
by incubus

Comment:
Not sure what the sign adds to this, other than an interesting silhouette.

Oops Too Late
by togtog

Comment:
If this is not an entry from CharlieBaker it is someone inspired by him...

Excellent idea though. In spite of having to give this a low vote, you also get my blue shoehorn for the unexpected humor. Nice job.


I see a little bit of grainy ISO noise towards the bottom. You may want to run a noise reduction plugin on your future lenscap shots.

Added: I may want to calibrate the monitor on the Mac in the spare bedroom. Looks like a solid black here on my usual system. I lowered my vote on this, as it is certain to be a brown effort and I wanted to help you out.

Winter Sunset
by Geee

Comment:
Seems a bit soft and the blacks of the trees are not quite silhouetted on the screen I am on. I will make sure to look at this one again on my other monitor before rollover, just to be fair.

Added: Looks better on my usual monitor, though it still seems a bit soft on the details.

Levels can be a useful adjustment to make sure that a silhouette shows as such. Just clip the low end of your histogram a little and that will ensure it is all black and not a range of dark grey, almost-blacks.

Parking Lot
by KincaHUN

Comment:
The HDR is just too much for my tastes in this shot.

Sunrise in the Mountains
by chalice

Comment:
I see some artificial grayness that may be the result of trying to pull details from a backlit scene. I'm also on a spare computer which does not have the better monitor on it. I'll have to see how this looks form the other one in a few...

Added: Looks better on my other computer, but still shows some evidence of almost lightening some areas a touch too much, particularly the shrubs in the middle of the frame.