Thirst
by violinist123

Comment by RKT:
Nicely Zen...very pretty.

Thirst
by violinist123

Comment by hotpasta:
lovely crisp focus and exposure

Thirst
by violinist123

Comment by annig:
what a different perspective! love the colors of the tree leaves..

Thirst
by violinist123

Comment by madcrabber:
great composition and use of color.

Thirst
by violinist123

Comment by klynn:
Very Zen, I like.

Synchronicity
by violinist123

Comment by pineapple:
You got a 7 from me and I think it is a competently photographed image.

Synchronicity
by violinist123

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Framing, image balance and composition are incredibly well done. Technical quality is right on! The use of the background building brickwork for natural framing is a wonderful touch. The juxtaposition of the runner with the sign adds considerable interest and nice balance to this imagery. A thought provoking image well thought out by the photographer. Worthy of a "best of" challenge. Kudos to you!

Technicals:
Composition, framing and balance in this image are its strengths. Nice BW and good choice for this image. Just the right amount of grain for the composition. The crop is EXCEPTIONAL. It is absolutely level and using the buiding brickwork for natural framing is a wonderful added touch. Your attention to detail is to be commended, that is the hallmark of a great photographer.

After post processing a thing that can be done is to apply a quick "Autolevels" adjustment to the image to see if you have not screwed it up. If it does NOT change it normaly means post processing is 'good'. There are exceptions to this. Your image, of course, is rock solid! No surprise.

The challenge:
Scorewise, this image was affected primarily by two things. One, it is submitted to a free study challenge with over 600 hundred images and free study challenges tend to have very high quality images. Two, DPC voters are affected by funk and flash and vote them higher, particularly in a challenge with lots of entries. Yours requires more attention to detail to be appreciated. It did not get it.

I see there is a statistical overabundance of 2s given. This probably comes from voters who noticed the motion blur of the runner, assumed it meant the image was out of focus, and did not look beyond that.

I would not change a thing. Personally, I'd be proud to have this image in my portfolio.

Synchronicity
by violinist123

Comment by mk:
I wonder how many people didn't get this. I'd go with most.

Tones
by violinist123

Comment by Bruce_the_Robert:
This was one of my top ten shots. I'm wondering about the really low scores on this (the 1-3s); it certainly doesn't deserve them. I liked the whole feel of this one, with the subject centered, but with the lighting pulling it out of the center, and the nice B&W conversion and the nice tones (no pun intended). A really lovely shot that (in my opinion, of course) should have finished higher than it did.

Tones
by violinist123

Comment by photojournaliste:
Gorgeous. Almost sensual... great work. You got my 10