Watermelon Tourmaline
by Cory

Comment by DrAchoo:
I wanted to comment on this one because we have a picture to compare composition to. This one is better because the higher angle provides some depth to the crystal. The white background might be too stark. I have often just completely blown BGs out like this and I've started to see the benefit of almost blowing it out, but not quite. It makes for a bit less of a feeling of "floating in white space" and grounds the image.

Time, wind, rain, sun, and nuclear blast
by Cory

Comment by DrAchoo:
This shot caught my eye because I think you did well with your composition and using the wide angle to distort the cabin. The trees in the background both help and hurt. It is nice to have something else for the eye to see, but trees like that often wind up all jumbled and muddy, especially at these small canvas sizes. You did well to control the sky and your processing overall is very good.

To wherever the wind will carry you
by Cory

Comment by DrAchoo:
I've liked to start in the middle of people's scoring to find the pictures that have promise, but let us down. This is a good example where you could possibly use a trick I've learned. I think what is letting the picture down is the crop. You are in a middle ground which hurts. Either we want more space on the sides to provide context (or even negative space) or you want to crop it so that the branches actually leave the canvas. This provides more dynamics to the composition. Finally I would have increased the f-stop to allow for a deeper DOF. Having the right side OOF does not help the picture.

As evening settles upon the desert, a western black tailed hare cautiously sets out for the night
by Cory

Comment by MaryO:
Talk about an alert pose! Guess he better be, given the end of the food chain he's on. Very well seen and captured.

DANGER: Mining equipment in operation, hardhat required at all times
by Cory

Comment by bmartuch:
Excellent night shot. Meets challenge well.

DANGER: Mining equipment in operation, hardhat required at all times
by Cory

Comment by Leo:
Cool night shot. Like the star effect of the lights.

DANGER: Mining equipment in operation, hardhat required at all times
by Cory

Comment by retake:
Wow - great photo!

DANGER: Mining equipment in operation, hardhat required at all times
by Cory

Comment by Claya:
I'd have either cropped in a bit tighter or backed off to have even more "dead" space but still very nice.

Bathing Brownies
by Cory

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
I did get the bit about brownies being invisible, and it's a great landscape, but I was divided between rewarding a very creative shoehorn and the fact that is was, well, an obvious shoehorn. I gave it a politically neutral 5.

DANGER: Mining equipment in operation, hardhat required at all times
by Cory

Comment by daisydavid:
looks industrial and active