Belle
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by BHuseman:
I have to say that I think this is a shame. First you have a very nice Macro shot here. The background is perfect in my opinion because even though it is beautifully out of focus, it still has the resemblence of being form a cartoon. Brilliant. This should have scored much better than it did.

What is even more of a shame is the fact that this entire community of voters had such low admiration for your photo and didn't comment once to tell you what you could have done better. Seeing things like this really dissapoints me. Everyone props the community of DPC here to be so special and then they do something like this.

I am sorry that I didn't have time to vote on this challenge so that I could leave you a comment. It is downright pititful that of the 143 voters, including the 24 that voted less than a 4, that nobody had the decency to leave you a comment.

Pitiful!

Don't let that take anything away from what I feel is a great photograph. This would make a great print to hang on your daughter's wall and somethig for her to keep as she gets older as a memento of her youth.

Reflections
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by Moose408:
This is a good example of the photo changing once you know what you are looking at. When I first looked at it I just saw a bunch of random colors and patterns. I could identify the tree but couldn't figure out what all the brown part was. I didn't like it at all.

I then read the description and suddenly I could see what it was and now I really like it.

Pepper 1
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by gwe21:
I had to come comment here too. I am like Karmat in that I dont care too much for HDR, but I dont totally hate it.

I think your pepper though is a great example of using HDR in a good way. The textures really stand out in the pepper. I love the way the light reflects off the folds in it and really makes it look almost 3D. The stem at the top looks like a witch's hat to me! I think that the blue background really makes the pepper POP.

The pepper seems to flow through the shot, and makes me wonder where the stem goes too, and how long the pepper is.

Pepper 1
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by karmat:
Greetings! I am taking [user]Louis[/user] up on his challenge to comment outside of our comfort zone. That took me to the HDR gallery -- not sure if it is truly outside of my "comfort zone," but I typically don't like HDR stuff. . .

That said, your image caught my eye because it is not the typical application. I honestly think in this instance, it works very well. It adds a lot of definition and depth that may, or may not, have been present without out it. As a result, it almost feels like you can "touch" the pepper. Also, the color combination/contrast is fantastic.

I'm a negative space freak, and i keep trying to visually move this to the left so that there is more open space on the right. To me, it is so centered, it almost feels static. Throwing a bit of "unbalance" in, I think, would help to add interest to the shot.

Great work, btw.

View From Pier 14
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by annig:
the lines keep drawing my eye all around the frame
nicely done
and lovely scene

w-machines
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by outafocus:
clear, just not eye catching

w-machines
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by bassbone:
the curve of the hill, the repeating shape of the windmills - positives for the challenge, but the image seems to suffer from a bit of soft focus

w-machines
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by glennc:
This has a nice geometric form but the image appers taken at a very low resolution which makes the straight lines of the masts vague

w-machines
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by krympegass:
I love the composition, but it's to blurry. Use a tripod next time.

w-machines
by EstimatedEyes

Comment by rarmermann:
Contrast is too much and oof.