Puddle Jumping
by Melethia

Comment by agenkin:
I gave this pictuere a 9. I like the real-life flavour that it has. It captures a nice moment, and doesn't have that commercial plastic look that the voters here prefer. When I voted for it, I knew that it was not going to do well here: this picture was too good for DPC.

I'm a bit disappointed that you yourself are calling this picture boring. I *don't* think that this photo is boring; in fact, it's amoung top 10 I voted for this challenge.

Puddle Jumping
by Melethia

Comment by Melethia:

Originally posted by SandyP: Now. . .why did this one only score 5.0! This is so creative. I love the way he's jumping over his shadow! I love it!

I think it scored a 5 because it had 79 votes of "5"... :-)

High-end Chrome
by Melethia

Comment by Mr_X:
nice composition, color and contrast, real chromish

Puddle Jumping
by Melethia

Comment by SandyP:
Now. . .why did this one only score 5.0! This is so creative. I love the way he's jumping over his shadow!

I love it!

Puddle Jumping
by Melethia

Comment by dleach:
okay... here is a comment ;-)

High-end Chrome
by Melethia

Comment by sabphoto:
Fits challenge=5
Color/lighting=1
DOF/focus=1
Wow factor/uniqueness=1
Attractiveness=1

Nice capture. I like how you didn't center him but helped draw our eyes to the center with his placement. colors are nice.

Favorite blanket
by Melethia

Comment by Jutilda:
This was particularly low rated and I don't know why. I connected to this even though I wasn't crazy about the color of the blanket. Truly a sweet and unusual image with GREAT DOF.

Favorite blanket
by Melethia

Comment by posthumous:
I love the colors of this and the composition. I scored it a little lower than I would have normally, because I felt the small DOF didn't show me enough texture.

Favorite blanket
by Melethia

Comment by Pug-H:
This should have done better, but I guess there's a backlash against cat pictures - there being so many of them.

(p.s. My brother had a dog called Turkey, and likewise it was the name he already had when my brother got him.)

Favorite blanket
by Melethia

Comment by puzzled:
This is such a good Textures entry and such a nice photo in general. The blanket and the cat both have such cool textures and we don't normally think about the contrast, but it's there. You got the comment (in a forum thread, I think) that you can almost feel the cat purring --- I liked that description of this image. The only small thing that I can say might be an improvement is if the light on the cat's arm wasn't so strong. It kind of pulls my eye away from the cool shadows in the rough-looking blanket and the soft cat fur. Really nice job!!