Sunrise and Shadows
by BrianR

Comment by cogerox:
I would have liked a little more of the road included to give the feeling of "going somewhere". Clouds are nice, but the foliage is a little dark. Your border technique is very interesting, but not sure it adds to the photo.

Beach Carnival
by BrianR

Comment by Elaine:
The sand and legs are too yellow IMO.

Beach Carnival
by BrianR

Comment by bassbone:
Use of Light:1
Focus:1
Composition:1
Creativity:1
Achieves Challenge:0
Color: -1

The color of the sand (and the fact that there is so much of it - very yellow) takes away from the very neat image of the swimmers.

Sunrise and Shadows
by BrianR

Comment by bob_bobski:
I'm not sure about the border but I guess it will get a 50 / 50 responce. However the picture is great. 7

Twilight
by BrianR

Comment by SandyP:
Man. . .I do not understand the 5.6 score on this one! This is beautiful!

Beach Carnival
by BrianR

Comment by SandyP:
Well, I don't know a whole lot about what makes a great HDR photo -- but I do think this is very cool! And it shows a great range of light, shadows and color, so I think it's very good! I like the subject matter too It's interesting! Something about it reminds me of a cool greeting card! Great job.

Sunrise and Shadows
by BrianR

Comment by glad2badad:
Nice composition with the road and fence positioning. It appears that a deeper aperture could have been used to bring the distant tree into sharper focus. Overall this has a very nice feel to it. Best of luck to you in the challenge.

Sunrise and Shadows
by BrianR

Comment by dallasdux:
Great shot. I don't like the shaded portion of the border but I don't count off for borders. 9.

Sunrise and Shadows
by BrianR

Comment by rtscribbs02:
nice sky and perfect amount of contrast

Beach Carnival
by BrianR

Comment by w4jzz:
Personally, I like the drop shadow effect on some shots but I think most DPCers will cut you way down for it as being gimmicky. Kind of like when the page curl thing was big a few years back.
I also think the color balance of off a bit towards too much yellow.
One or two adults trying to herd almost 25 kids... That's a three ring circus, not just a carnival :-)