Bad Mood
by spitz66

Comment:
Sure is, but this is an awfully small photo..

Contented
by Jewellian

Comment:
lol.. it.. uh.. does look contented.. like it just ate a small child for breakfast. YUM!

Looks like you have a real problem with hot and dead pixels though... unless that's something else.

Teenage Rebellion
by aerogurl

Comment:
Although teenage rebellion isn't exactly a mood, you've portrayed a really good shot of disassociative apathy ;)
I like this, but wish the main photograph was larger. Wide borders are great for framed prints, but just detract in a web image.

Joy
by Dim7

Comment:
A great candid shot of an animal enjoying life. Those rolls in the grass must feel great to a dog. Good detail, crisp focus where needed, good emotion.

What Now
by BigMo

Comment:
That cat definitely looks a little perturbed. A nice shot. Focus is off, and there isn't a lot of detail in the fur. More light directly on the subject would have helped a lot, and shooting against a bright background with a dark subject is inviting trouble.

Eternal Contemplation
by shareinnc

Comment:
I just don't read any real mood or emotion from this. It seems hurried and there's no supporting elements to really sell the expressiveness that this sculpture is capable of.

Exhausted
by Evaan

Comment:
This just doesn't work for me. A photo of a subject *holding* the ruined broom, and emoting "exhaustiveness" would have been much more connected to the challenge. This just seems a little hurried and shoehorned.

meditative
by rhipster

Comment:
Although I suspect the dodge/burn job you've done here was entirely intentional, I feel the need to tell you that I personally find it far too strong. The halo around the head is inventive, and I kind of like that.. but the rest of it seems arbitrary and unnecessary. With a little more forethought into levels work, time of day lighting, and bracketing, you could have achieved a much more ethereally natural effect. Still, it's always good to experiment, and you never learn by not doing.

Post-processing aside, I really like the composition of this piece, and your subject does seem very serene and meditative.

In the mood for love
by digitalpins

Comment:
You've captured your subject's mood, but next time, perhaps capturing it with the subject in a better composition would make a stronger photograph. There is too much unnecessary negative space here, and the object(s) in the upper corner are very distracting. It's a great, emotive snapshot, but DPC generally demands much more for a higher score.. however, of course, high scores on DPC aren't exactly the end all and be all either, but I must, as a commenter, take the stance that it is what a submitter is striving for.

Tranquility
by Artan

Comment:
I'm looking at this challenge as being one that is trying to get a photographer to show a mood *from* his subject, not trying to evoke a mood *for* the subject from the viewer. You've set out to do the latter here. The scene may be tranquil for someone, but I don't seen anyone actually *being* tranquil here.