The Three Dimensions of Our Love (Because the Heart Remembers)
by Bear_Music

Comment by gthb:
The filter doesn't do much for the picture, I can't say that I'm charmed. :/

Waiting Out the Snow
by Bear_Music

Comment by Catherine_B:
This seems so ordinary but is yet compelling. Nice image

The Three Dimensions of Our Love (Because the Heart Remembers)
by Bear_Music

Comment by sparkly:
The lighting is just way too harsh. I also really have no idea what the title means in comparison to this photograph.

Waiting Out the Snow
by Bear_Music

Comment by Kylie:
Love the effect achieved here. I hope you post your editing process at the end.

Neon Bowls
by Bear_Music

Comment by mattrix:
Looks like when you saved thgis for the web your color pallete got reduced to 256 or so, I can see the rgb layers.

Neon Bowls
by Bear_Music

Comment by jonpink:
Nice, but think the dark grey could have been darker perhaps? Seems a bit pushed.

Cottage by the Winter Marsh — Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by mycelium:
Here's my input.

I gave this a 7. I will get around to saying just why shortly. I think it's a great picture, and its subtlety of tones set it apart from many of the other submissions. The curvature of the tree on the left holds the image together very nicely. In another challenge, say, a free study, I would probably have given this another point or two.

But the reason I didn't- and the reason I think that a lot of other people scored it so poorly- is that it's really not a shot of architecture. It's a shot that, technically, includes architecture, but the cottage doesn't appear to have anything particularly impressive about its design, nor is the cottage itself even the dominant element in the picture. What I most notice, in order, are the window, the chimney, and the golden light on the grass in the background. Following that I find myself looking at the image as a whole, and noticing the play of light and the understated gradations of tone. By my reckoning, it simply doesn't meet the challenge very well.

Which is not to say it's not a great picture- it is, to which your several sales attest.

Cottage by the Winter Marsh — Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by rblanton:
I voted a 5. Your explanations make sense however the light draws the eye away from the cottage. I am sure many folks admire this outside of the expectation of an architecture theme. Framed well and lit off subject to my eye. Telescope houses are not that usual and perhaps a hint of that in the title might have helped. While you can see through the windows, it is to a poorly lit scene beyond so that aspect does not immediately provide appeal to me. It would make me want to catch a picture with those trees lit up by the setting sun however....:)

Cottage by the Winter Marsh — Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by Imagineer:
I think this idefinitely above average. I also liked the additonal 'architecture' of the bird house!

Cottage by the Winter Marsh — Herring River
by Bear_Music

Comment by samtrundle:
This is quite charming. It's understated nature is likely both the reason you have made 450 dollars from it, and it's downfall on dpc. I didn't vote on this challenge, and it's honestly not the style of photo that typically takes me, but I still think this should have been 50 odd places higher. The only real complaint I have about the image is, as zeusen notes, a lack of definition in the sky above the house - I think a little blue and some puffy clouds would have really helped - oh well, it's tough to change the weather :)