Something Fishy
by posthumous

Comment by agenkin:

Originally posted by jfwolpert: too small and kind of flat lighting

Gotta love this: flat lighting. Yeah, right! :)

Anyways, I like the square crop colour version better, I think. This is still a nice picture, though. The crop form factor is maybe a bit too weird, I am not sure what it does for me. Why did you crop it like that?

Textures
by posthumous

Comment by agenkin:
Mesmorising (sp?)... The rising diagonals give a nice, comfortable feeling, while the hushed tones keep the feeling calmed down. The result is just like looking at the water near the river on a cool day. Just sit and watch, and look at the various forms seen in the water. I'm getting too poetic here, to the point that I don't like it. :)

You May Pass
by posthumous

Comment by agenkin:
Yeah, nice texture and tight framing: I like it. The yellow at the bottom seems to be a little feature-less - blown red channel?

Watching My Own Existence
by posthumous

Comment by agenkin:
A very nice alegory, I'll need to remember it. Would not get it from the picture, though; it would be helpful if the boy's reflection were somewhat in front of him, to infer that he is looking at it, and not something else. The composition is good - you have your fore-, middle, and background going nicely.

Gold in the Heartland
by posthumous

Comment by hyporcrite:
The gold is BRIGHT.

Onion on Wood
by posthumous

Comment by posthumous:

Originally posted by raish: This should not have succeeded here

my thought exactly! perhaps it being an abstract challenge made voters more tolerant of the lack of a subject, the flatness, etc. Then again, I've been known to bomb in abstract challenges as well. I have no clue why this made top 20. That's why I can still suck!

perspective from the mousetrap
by posthumous

Comment by L1:
I thought this was an interesting image...I like the noise and the overall sense of impending doom. ;) I agree that the foreground is a bit large, and would like to see more roof...but overall there is a good emotive quality to it. :)

the white fingers of spring
by posthumous

Comment by Cheerz:
Nice ... I love this.. :)
well...
mine looks like this..
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=364477

Hope to be able to get a pic like this one day..

cheers

Onion on Wood
by posthumous

Comment by raish:
Does this leave the good ship suck without a captain?

It's a canvas of a shot - all those things like cropping and balance-within-the-frame and such that I prefer to see than name, are seen and don't need to be named.

This should not have succeeded here as there are # no large fields of primary colour # no hyper-saturation # no unbroken areas without texture to set off the subject. There's hope for us yet.

You might say the understatement sets it off.

Well did.

Onion on Wood
by posthumous

Comment by undieyatch:
nicely done v 9