New Year's eve - 2005
by burtct

Comment by mycelium:
well, for the purposes of the legality of entering this photo, I hope the title is inaccurate - since NYE 2005 is in 2004 :)

Beautiful picture - great job capturing the full tonal range from black to white. It must have been tough to control this exposure and bring out the color and detail so well in PP.

The brakeman on an old-time rollercoaster
by burtct

Comment by FotoMunki:
Great picture. The image quality is "ok", but the composition and subject meet the challenge perfectly. I love the juxtaposition of the "cool" brakeman against the screaming riders. Nice capture - nicely done!

The brakeman on an old-time rollercoaster
by burtct

Comment by posthumous:
I love how his subjective experience is completely different from everyone else's. You were one of very few people who had the guts to single someone out with composition more than depth of field. 8.

The brakeman on an old-time rollercoaster
by burtct

Comment by modgethanc:
The brakeman definitely sticks out because of his sunglasses and lack of screaming, but otherwise there's nothing that really sets him off from the rest of the group. Composition is kind of flat and boring, and it looks like you might have compressed the jpeg too much? The colors are a little blotchy.

New Year's eve - 2005
by burtct

Comment by jsas:
Amazing shot! great job.

New Year's eve - 2005
by burtct

Comment by cheegirl:
Great golden tones, beautiful shot.

New Year's eve - 2005
by burtct

Comment by Konador:
Great rays coming through the clouds. Very impactful shot.

The brakeman on an old-time rollercoaster
by burtct

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
Nice attempt, not too convincing however for this challenge, ok color, excellent capture, light a bit harsh, blacks ok, whites blown, overall just ok

New Year's eve - 2005
by burtct

Comment by srdanz:
Last minute submission:-)
Again, very pretty and very carefully executed photo with no blown up details in the sky. Congratulations on that technical part. That detail seems to have escaped many others...
Suggestion: since there are no discernable details left in the rock in the bottom right corner, it could have been cropped out some more, perhaps leaving only half of what is shown right now. Maybe...
Good luck in the challenge.

The brakeman on an old-time rollercoaster
by burtct

Comment by agenkin:
A nice shot, but I think that the guy in the middle is singled out compositionally, but not through photographic technique (use of DOF), as was required for this challenge.