Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by PennyStreet:
maybe I'll change my user name to Mrs Rodgers ..... this is so lovely.

Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by BrianR:
Deb my only critique is that the amount of forground did not enhance the tilt enough, a better balance and this would have scored very well, the color is excellent.

Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by Kelli:
Don't despair! Go look at my shot if you'd like to see real failure. I couldn't even achieve a brown when trying with a tube of chap stick! I gave this a 7 btw - lovely to look at.

Sundown sea
by Melethia

Comment by Denise:
horizontal panning, I haven't tried that yet, this is very pretty, loving the colors

Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by UrfaK:
For me this meets the miniaturization criteria but lacks the DPC punch of insane, mad, colours. If this was a fiery sunset this image would be a top 5 but the realistic colours probably look dull to the avg viewer after the colour blast.

Echapper
by Melethia

Comment by Neat:
Cute outfit, not sure if it would of scored better though.

Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by Tiberius:
+1 Nothing much to add on top...

I did not vote but would have been a 5 or 6 I guess...

Message edited by author 2012-01-04 01:48:55.

Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by dswann:
I agree overall with spiritualspatula and ShutterRev. While a very nice seascape, it does not have the miniaturization feel that most voters were expecting. A higher viewpoint and possibly more objects in the frame would help on this regard. The smoothness of the water and sky obscure the blurring effect also.

Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by ShutterRev:
+1, I agree with the comments from spiritualspatula. Not to say it's a bad image, as it is plenty pretty just don't think it has the miniature feel the heavy hitters did. I see this image and the first thing I do is think it has nice colors and is a nice photo of a sailboat, when I look at the winning top tilt shift images i find myself getting close to the monitor to see if they are actually pictures of a miniature model or not because the illusion is crazy, make sense?

Mister Rogers' Holiday
by Melethia

Comment by spiritualspatula:
To me, the "miniature-ization" is not fully fledged on this one. That particularly look is greatly helped by elevating yourself above the subject matter, and I think that's part of why this doesn't really scream that. No problem with this, but if you're expecting the voters to vote towards that, it could be an explanation.
It's a nice, relaxing photo. I don't think there's particularly something wrong with it, but it's not terribly remarkable, either. I would've figured a solid 5.5 on this one, so I agree that it seems to have come out a bit lower than expected.