Sail Away
by salmiakki

Comment by dahlin:
Sarah - This was easily my favorite shot of the challenge. I'm interested in how you accomplished your camera blur for this shot. Did you zoom in while during exposure?

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by salmiakki

Comment by Ter:
beautiful image & sensational detail

Hagia Sophia
by salmiakki

Comment by DrAchoo:
Wonderful scene and composition. I think your camera may have let you down or you were forced to underexpose due to being handheld(?). There is a lot of color noise showing up in the shadows (primarily the columns). The blues contrast nicely with the yellows. I get a sense of the complexity, beauty and mystery of God.

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by salmiakki

Comment by DrAchoo:
I'm enjoying this B&W series. I like the square crop which works well with a circular subject. However, while not shooting something head on usually provides interest and dynamics, I don't think that's the case here. I'd prefer a straight on composition to allow the symmetry to stand out. Here, the slighty skew to the wheel detracts from the image instead of enhancing it.

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by salmiakki

Comment by DrAchoo:
Wonderful. Great natural, happy expression on the gal. The reflection allows the photo to transcend beyond "snapshot". The framed images work well as an added, but repeated motif (echoed nicely by your "frame"). Tiny nitpick, if you can save the middle shot from blowing in processing and find the detail to allow the mat to separate from the top of the picture, I think it would improve the flow of the BG.

Into the Woods
by salmiakki

Comment by DrAchoo:
Oooh, very enjoyable abstract. I love green and you have a very nice hue here. The abstract flows well with the heavier (larger) band on the left being balances by more smaller bands. Overall I get a sense of fantasy. The wood is real, yet offers the hope of the fantastic. Fairies, magic, etc.

Early Evening Tranquility
by salmiakki

Comment by DrAchoo:
Let's start with a 5.5 landscape. That score usually means promise, but with room for improvement. I think you've found a nice scene and have good clouds to boot. Clouds, I have learned, are hugely important to the overall work. One think I do not like at all in my own landscapes is to have branches creeping in on the sides. You suffer from this here and walking past the branch probably could have kept a very similar composition without it. Alternatively I'll even cut them down (if they are small enough) or have someone hold it out of the way. The color in the water is great.

New Horizons
by salmiakki

Comment by Denise:
this is really beautiful, nice to see someone willing to step outside the box on DPC

The Linen Mill
by salmiakki

Comment by bmartuch:
Very nice city style shot. Good contrast.

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by salmiakki

Comment by jomari:
Nice composition with all those leading lines. It's a funny feature of that sort of perspective how narrow the seats appear to be - hardly wide enough to accommodate bottoms.