Take a look inside...
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Comment by KHolt:
really nice, how did you make the background?

Take a look inside...
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Comment by Katmystiry:
Love this entry and the shade of blue used for this. It gives the ball a lot of depth.

Deep in Utah Country
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Comment by sigrun_th:
great gray tones, sharpness and composition
- I think the people do a lot for the picture, they add more feeling to it and a sense for the greatness of the nature - so I think you did right to not clone them away

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Comment by soup:
nice work ! congrats on 5th !!

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Comment by KarenNfld:
Oooh, I like it! Would prefer if it weren't so blurred on the left side, but still very well done.

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Comment by FranziskaLang:
Very nice colors and textures and shapes. I have absolutely no clue what I'm looking at ... for once that's a plus in a DPC challenge :) Only thing I find slightly distracting is the OOF lower left corner. Wonder if a different crop would've improved that, or if you would've been able to take the shot with greater DOF.

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Comment by mycelium:

Originally posted by BrennanOB: Pretty shot Damon, simple and straightforward.Your work has been so rich and quirky lately that I would never have guessed this was yours. Sounds like you aimed at a top ten and hit the mark.Is this gonna be a new direction or more in the way of an experiment?

Thank you, Brennan, your words are flattering. I've thought about the fact that the stuff I've been producing has been kind of all over the map, but I don't really know what to make of it.

A new direction? I don't know, but I think that's a good question and I'm glad you asked. I do feel like I kind of turned a corner--or maybe turned a page, or shifted gears, or something--sometime during the past month, and suddenly I felt like I understood some things I had been struggling with before. It's weird, because at the same time as I feel like I'm doing pretty much the same thing I've been doing for a while now, I feel like things are working better.

This image was intended as an experiment in technique. If it bodes anything for what I'm likely to be doing in the future, I can't speak to that; I'm just kind of going with the flow. It's more like boating down a river or surfing a wave than flying a plane - I get the sense that I'm just along for the ride.

Or I could have been reading too much Vonnegut lately.

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Comment by Sinky:
Ha ha...I love the title. What on earth is it?......6

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Comment by BrennanOB:
Pretty shot Damon, simple and straightforward.Your work has been so rich and quirky lately that I would never have guessed this was yours. Sounds like you aimed at a top ten and hit the mark.Is this gonna be a new direction or more in the way of an experiment?

zesty
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Comment by Makka:
Great colours! Well done on your top 5 finish!