Robin - - First Summer
by riley

Comment by drydoc:
Very nicely done. Hope he does well against some of the more exotic entries. BOL 8

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Comment by ergates:
Very unsharp, in fact I have a problem seing what this photo is of. The bottom part is very unattractive.

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Comment by Riponlady:
night camera? focus soft don't know if it could be sharper or not

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Comment by ubique:
A very strange, effective image. Conveys a brooding, malevolent sort of darkness. A Lord of the Rings sort of scene. 7

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Comment by CorySmith:
yeah the "out of focusness" gets you a big fat 1

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Comment by TheStick:
Very dark and creepy place. Darkness well conveyed IMO

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Comment by popdeepop:
Almost dark. It has a nice effect like a painting.

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Comment by Artifacts:
Good attempt to convey darkness. There is a fine line between artistic soft focus and just plain being out of focus and this image flirts with that line. It likely will not work with many voters. Use of some type of luminosity filtering might convey the concept a little more concretely and make it more acceptable to viewers.

verall this image has very low contrast and that was probably done on purpose as well. But in the concept of darkness a good solid black point is probably advised.

A great artistically altered image always starts out with a great image to begin with. Ask yourself, "Is this a great image to begin with?". Is is an image that stands strong on it's own before adjustment and outside the concept for this DPC challenge? This image probably does stand strong on its own but adjusting it for the challenge degraded it's appeal.

When taking picture if you find yourself thinking "If I just do this and this and this it will be great" then the image is probably not right in the first place.

Robin - - First Summer
by riley

Comment by eugene:
those red leaves behind the bird are a bit distracting. also too much empty space in the front..

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Comment by Netwalker100:
out of focus