The Beach Cleaners
by JPR

Comment by Mr_Pants:
Great idea. A good amount of detail captured in the plastic and, indeed, in the rest of the frame.I particularly like the lighting on the plastic. It really makes the shot.

Falling
by JPR

Comment by dahkota:
My only 10. Kind of thrown by the vertical placement. Maybe the point. Love the way you put this together - think this image goes way beyond DPC. I can't see it not winning unless you get hit by the DNMC challenge police. Beautiful textures and coloration. What else can I say - you know you've done it with this one. :)

Falling
by JPR

Comment by armelle:
Wow, talk about an arresting image! Amazing shot, I really like the way you dirtied the shirt to blend it with the leaves. How did you get your legs to fade in or are they just buried? good luck!

Falling
by JPR

Comment by ubique:
This is wonderful. The soiled and partly 'buried' body recalls organic decomposition; the ultimate 'dead end'. But that's not all ... there's at least one other whole level of meaning to explore; the deep drift of autumn leaves provides another kind of 'dead end'. And then there's the clever title, which seems to be a sly reference to both of these interpretations of the image; the body falling to dust, and the fall leaves. Brilliantly conceived and superbly executed - it's original, thoughtful and technically excellent, and it's awfully rare to get all three of those together here! 10.

The Beach Cleaners
by JPR

Comment by RichSeal:
Awesome shot. My fave of the challenge so far. I love the perspective and high contrast. 9.

The Beach Cleaners
by JPR

Comment by Jammur:
Clever idea, but I think the original image is too dark when peoples heads get lost in the background. It is different and it does carry a message.

Falling
by JPR

Comment by meow:
This one is my fav of all! Very mysterious. And I love the texture and the colors.

Falling
by JPR

Comment by Krikkit:
Whoa! Cool!

The Beach Cleaners
by JPR

Comment by tpoc:
such a neat idea. wish the figures were not as dark against the rock so that they would pop out a bit more...

Falling
by JPR

Comment by elee3009:
Exceptional idea in the treatment of the photo and effect. The white border doesn't do it any good and the dead end interpretation is little soft for me. 7.