A Cacophony of Symmetry
by NikonJeb

Comment:
I don't think it is blur, so much as a lack of the fine clarity that most look for in a scene like this. Perhaps a side effect of the post processing. I will sometimes find I lose some fine detail in my effort to make something pop. Though you did have a wide aperture and slow shutter speed. I have been finding that with my SLR I can get away with bumping up the ISO to higher levels with little to no visible noise. That may be a preferable option instead of a slow shutter speed. The image does have a neat 3-dimensional feel to it. I like the composition.

Pedestrian
by Melethia

Comment:
I didn't get this one coming around in my voting. I would have likely given it a 5. I've been considering this one on and off this morning, so I could try and give you some useful input. It leads the eye, but I'm not sure what it leads it to. There are numerous small subjects in the image, none of which really stand out and grab attention, but are also in front of the pattern. Perhaps a more abstract or closer in view would have scored higher. I personally tend to like images that show texture. This is one of those images that I have a hard time commenting on as it doesn't out stand out to me in either a positive or negative way.

Edited to add:
I just looked over your own notes and it appears you nailed it already yourself. I can sometimes do that on my images, knowing beforehand what the comments and low votes will be for. This challenge took me for a surprise though.

Message edited by author 2008-04-02 14:02:32.

nature's studio
by hopper

Comment:
Pretty good, with a nice amount of details. Some of the edges look unnaturally sharp, especially the small offshoot of the branch just to the left of the bird.

Ivanovic in Miami
by CaseyAllen

Comment:
Nice sports capture, but it looks like a high quality snapshot.

Daughter #1
by ralph

Comment:
DOF is a little shallow, the effect of that does fine on her hair, but the softness on the lower part of her face does not look right. Otherwise, its a nice portrait.

Simple Beauty
by juliejold

Comment:
Other than the tip of the petal being cut off, this is nice. You captured some delicate looking details.

Tiger Lick
by bobonacus

Comment:
Really well done. Nice color, sharpness, detail and interesting subject.

Dorothy, you're not in Kansas anymore
by quiet_observation

Comment:
It's an awesome scene, I like the texture of the water. It wants to be a "WOW" shot, but it's not quite there. I can't quite place it.

Museum
by Melethia

Comment:
Nice swoopy lines and smooth reflections. I think this one may have scored higher than the one you entered. I really like the fact that you are entering what YOU prefer.

Radiance
by jjsmom

Comment:
It's an interesting pattern, but it appears pixelated and unclear. I see lots of evidence of heavy JPEG compression, but your file size does not indicate heavy compression on the final image. It must have been highly compressed somewhere else along the way, though. Save intermediate steps as a TIFF or your image editor's native format in order to avoid compression loss..