Tulips
by joekent

Comment by photoslik1967:
I really enjoy this photograph. I vote a 10.

Splash!
by joekent

Comment by bucket:
I love shots like this...you have captured pure fun!
I would play with cropping the top 1/4..makes the shot a little scarier though..

Message edited by author 2007-04-02 16:38:03.

Tower
by joekent

Comment by LeeD:
Potentially a decent shot. Some minor tweaking in PS could help add some drama. I would recommend adjusting the levels and playing a bit with the saturation levels. You could really punch up the colors and add much more visual interest to this. You may also want to consider playing with black and white with this image... It reminds me of one of my own images...

Sunset
by joekent

Comment by Judi:
Very nicely done. I would like to have seen some clouds in the sky for this scene.

Tulips
by joekent

Comment by Jutilda:
Lovely. The lighting and focus is well done. Not crazy about the gray background, but the pink/green combination is stunning.

Tulips
by joekent

Comment by liltritter:
I really like this shot! I'm not sure what it is that makes it pop out at me but, WELL done!

Tulips
by joekent

Comment by TheStick:
Beautiful image! Excellent lighting!

Wormhole
by joekent

Comment by Debbey:
Almost makes me dizzy!

Odd One - "OUT"
by joekent

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Abstracts are always difficult to interpret but the bubble at the top is this image's most attractive and distinctive feature.

Technicals:
Image appears excessively red. Depth of field and/or shutter speed contributed to the poor focus of the bottom bubbles.

The Challenge:
Your image scored below the DPC average. To be honest, setup played little role in that which is what bothered you most. Mostly it is likely that voters felt that the red in this image added little impact to the composition and/or or was added in post... either would be a killer in voting.

Most likely voters felt you added red in post processing to meet the challenge and voted you low because of that and its technicals.

Suggestions:
Shot at 1/250th sec af f/8. Think it might be more effective if the bottom were all totally focused and that would better support the overall effect of this image. You can only do that by either increasing shutter speed or depth of field. Either will require more light or higher ISO. You should ALWAYS favor more light over ISO to reduce noise effects.

Wormhole
by joekent

Comment by smilam:
awesome shot! what is it?