Parallel Light
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by Atropos:
Very nice. Technically great and it contains high contrast qualities. In this competition I'm looking for 2 things though, high contrast in the image qualities, and high contrast in the subject(s) within the image.. something in the image that is in contrast (other than color or shade) with something else in the image. Still a 7 from me though.

Parallel Light
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by scales:
I like this shot, but I find the colour gradient annoying... I guess it's just from compressing the image? 5

Parallel Light
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by MPRPRO:
interesting concept on light but not enough to keep me here, I think if the blue was bluer and the oranges were a little stronger.

The Only Rain in L.A. is Artificial
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by fplouffe:
Really hard to guess what I am looking at. A bit more in focus would have helped.

The Only Rain in L.A. is Artificial
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by OdysseyF22:
The focus here seems far too soft, and all the reflections distract the eye. I have a hard time even deciding what I am looking at.

The Only Rain in L.A. is Artificial
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by SJCarter:
I like the very abstract feel of this. I don't get the title (but I'm not considering it in the score). This has some really nice sparkly/glistening effects and I like the lines/composition. Nice job.

The Only Rain in L.A. is Artificial
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by e301:
Just too abstract for my taste I'm afraid - though I can imagine you were struggling, in LA, for rain :-)

The Only Rain in L.A. is Artificial
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by annah:
ummm....tho you can't really see whats in the pic, it DOES make an interesting abstract...unfortunately those don't usually do so well unless your entering the 'abstract' challenge :-P (doh)

The Only Rain in L.A. is Artificial
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by Strikeslip:
DNMC... :-(

You admitted it in the title, oh well.

The bokeh is beautiful, I can almost hear the tinkling of the dripping icicles.

The Only Rain in L.A. is Artificial
by hopelessoptimist

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
good attempt :-)