Private Celebration - First Grandaughter
by troberge

Comment:
What a great feeling - and this looks very natural. She's a cutie too and looks like she's in good hands.
: )

Private Celebration
by rjkstesch

Comment:
Well you just made it very public! Good shot.

Civilization
by peterish

Comment:
More graphic art than a photo, but it's interesting in places while too untreated in others (the meat for instance which is nearly virginal). Looks a tasty bit of fish that. That nose could do with some Biore pore cleansing though! : )

Be in awe of nature - You're part of it
by saintaugust

Comment:
Lovely sense of optimism and rebirth. I lvoe the subject - and nature of course. My only criticism is that I think you could have lost some sky in favour of some more detail in the foreground - a plant very close perhaps, or even some gossamer to catch some blurred refraction? I don't know, but this is still lovely if a little central in composition.

Celebrating a place to worship.
by drz01

Comment:
Clear, crisp and a surprisingly satisfying shot. Cropped too tight at the spire but you've got great light and detail.

The Beauty of Nature
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
This subject is strong enough to ribbon. You chose a great time of day with a wonderful weather condition - one to envy for sure. Picking nits I'd say the comp should have caught more water, less sky and panned more to the right to get the swans further in - or, to have stayed left and shot earlier before they moved out of shot. Very serene indeed - and I can celebrate such natural beauty time and again.

Energetic Celebration
by PhantomEWO

Comment:
Fun shot - nice level of detail and great action.

The Power of Life
by roadrunner

Comment:
This is my kind of celebration for sure.

This photo though, in my view, has been severely undermined by some gimmicky editing which it really does not need. The soft uber-burning has degraded the natural detail that gives it its power in the first place. I find myself wanting to strip all that eye candy away and see what was there in all its gritty glory, so stop tinkering just to win votes from DPCers who can't see past it!

Now that I've vented - I won't let it affect my score on this occasion, so have an 8 for a great photo in every other way.
; )

Magical Morning Mist
by jemison

Comment:
One of the best ballon shots I've seen = great light and choice of moment. Will undoubtedly score high if not ribbon the blue. Very serene with a tangible silence.

Transience
by Imagineer

Comment:
No offence whatsoever! Thanks for commenting.

I did question this submission of two though - and could probably have scored higher for the DPC aesthetic if I'd submitted the otherĂ¢€Â¦