"Amateur" Winner My A**!
by GeneralE

Comment by pixeldust:
Meets the challenge well; the ribbons really stand out.

Let's Go Bowling!
by GeneralE

Comment by BHuseman:
This relates to what you did this weekend how? Sire it is a semi--humorous picture, but DNMC=1

edit;
After looking at the photo again, I can see how this could fit into your weeknd. If you went bowling in the middle of the street on a drunken Saturday I could see how something like this could happen. I do however still feel that you tried to shoehorn and interesting photo into the challenge. Taking all of this into consideration I am raising my orginal DNMC=1 to a 5.

Let's Go Bowling!
by GeneralE

Comment by surfinbird:
Ooooops!

Let's Go Bowling!
by GeneralE

Comment by skewsme:
whutthe.. ;-)

Clearing Life's Hurdles
by GeneralE

Comment by johnmcboston:
sorry, the effects aren't doing it for me

Clearing Life's Hurdles
by GeneralE

Comment by 777STAN:
I give you "Snaps" for courage, My Friend! However, I've been here long enough to know the prevailing opinion about photography. Avante Garde ART is frowned upon & given low marks. Meeting Challenge INTENT is required for good scores. (This photo, for example, has no person hidden in the picture...that I can see. The horse is your subject right. If so, you will probably be getting alot of DNMC's because the intent was to hide a person in the photo.) Finally, muted & dark pastels don't score as high consistently as vibrant, but not overly-saturated colors.
Much success to you in the future! Feel free to check out my profile after the challenge closes to see that I have made all these mistakes & learned from them. Hard lessons, but Little is Learned in Life without a 'Hard Lesson'! :)

Burrowing Owl
by GeneralE

Comment by mvp:
would've liked a little more saturation

Burrowing Owl
by GeneralE

Comment by serogers:
Great capture of the eyes, the only thing that detracts is the over-saturation on the top head feathers

Clearing Life's Hurdles
by GeneralE

Comment by colorcarnival:
lol i bet you are getting hammered for the processing. i don;t see waldo but your photoshop job here is qutie different.

Clearing Life's Hurdles
by GeneralE

Comment by PapaBob:
Unless I miss my quess this looks like an attept for the brown, Good luck, personally I really like this one, the browns have been overdone, the lighting is not fantastic and the overblown areas show up nicely. The one thing missing is waldo unless the horses name is waldo in which case I am sorry I did not know and may have scored it higher if I would have known.