Deconstruction
by vlado

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This is the coolest shot. You have the most amazing leading lines, you are crisp, clean and clarity is tremendous. Your HDR here shows people what it can be, not the grainy stuff we are so often confronted with. Your POV is excellent, the half empty shows us what could be, what has been. Your DOF is great, I really feel the height in this shot.

I am not a huge fan of borders, but this suits this shot to a T. I can imagine this on any postcard and selling like hotcakes.

Well done

Boston
by InnaN

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Nice shot and very well controlled use of your camera in lighting this.

The shot is a little green/yellow. In post processing, tone down these or in camera use your WB to help you. The crop at the bottom is tight and could use more space or you get up on a higher plane to take this shot. Your leaf covered bridge is tilted and throws the whole shot off as well, not a lot can be done about this though but it is something to see next time you look through the viewfinder.

Your shot is sharp and clean, you did well with this shot as nightscapes are difficult!

Tides of Dusk
by RulerZigzag

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I was reading yoru comments and then the comments during voting and a lot of people picked up on the fact that you used a fill flash for the plant. I actually like this, I think it gives the eye a starting point in the shot which leads to your very strong leading lines that you have going on.

Your details are good, would have liked to have seen a little more detail in teh rocks though. I think for me the light on the water is off. There seems to be no reason as to why it is there and surely your flash is not that good?? Post processing is very good, POV and DOF are excellent.

Overall, very nice placement

t r e p i d a t i o n
by Cuttooth

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Amazing clouds!!!

The clouds are the selling point in this shot, they are very well processed, clean adn very moody, which I love. Your sunset behind it is good, you could have brought out a few more colours in it though. In post processing, grab your lasso tool, feather it to 150ish, and select the sunset. Then use your selective colour to add more feeling to it. This way, you will be able to only affect the sunset and nothing else in this shot. I would do the same for the foreground but use the brightness and contrast.

I think cropping some of your bottom off would have helped this with a focal point. At the moment there is none and the eye is searching for one.

This is a good shot that placed well in this challenge

Old Rust Bucket
by jawsh3539

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Nice placement for this shot and good all around comments during your voting period, even your wife thinks so!!!

I think what this shot is lacking is details. It is very smooth, with HDR the finer details of a shot are meant to shine on through. Here it is very smooth and no textures to be seen. Back off a little on the noise adjustment or the Topaz. Your colours are very rich , almost too rich. Using a layer of black and white would have helped with this shot and it would have also brought out more of those details that are lacking. Your DOF could do with some more contrast, your POV could have been a little lower, just to get teh steering wheel out of the center there.

Overall, you did a great job, I am looking forward to seeing more of your work!

"Johnny Appleseed"
by 777STAN

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Interesting shot, interesting processing. To me, this is very over processed, with HDR you are meant to see teh finer details in things. I am having a hard time with finding the details. The shadows on the face are very harsh and are washed away with no details, the apple, to my eye actaully looks like a peach. The pants though are spot on and very well done in your processing. They almost looked acid washed.

The grain here is not helping so much, I thought you added grain till i read your notes, so maybe a little noise reduction would have smoothed some grain away. But not a lot as it would take away from the grunge of this shot.

Ye shall not eat of it
by posthumous

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An interesting shot, I thought this one was for deep DOF until I realized that it was not over yet. I do actually like this shot, in your comment you said it was not HDR, but I think that the details adn depth that you brought out this could well have been a very subtle one. I love the leading line of the tree branch and the punctuations of red from the apples.

This may not be the most interesting subject in the world, but I think it is simple and clean. Your horizon is tilted a far amount. you have amazing clouds going on, maybe if you had darkened them a little more on the edges and the ground it would have set off to be a more moodier shot and really popped that tree. Maybe a crop off the bottom would have benefited this shot as well

[ S MO K E D ]
by ericwoo

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You placed nicely with this shot, well done.

I think this would have been a stronger shot if you had managed to light the swirling smoke here. Right now the lighting is fairly flat on your matches and there are not many details shining through for me. You have the golden opportunity here to make this really stand out, you have the flat, straight stitches and then the smooth buttery curves of the smoke. Your end matches are lost in the blackness of the background. A little shadow highlight may have brought out a little more interesting detail in the actual wood too.

Overall a nice job

A day at the beach
by LalliSig

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I will be honest here, she kinda looks dead. IF the eyes where looking at the camera that may have helped, the post processing is dark which adds to the shot. your horizon is tilted as well and you have strange lines all over the sky areas. A little colour would have made this seem a little less morbid. Excellent focus on the body though

Don't be Chicken - It's not "Fowl" to be Nude
by DCrest01

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ok gotta admit, this is funny, well done