Urban Grace (remake of "GRACE" by Eric Enstrom)
by dswann

Comment by Cory:
That would be a painting.. Not a photograph.. Totally DNMC. 3

Urban Grace (remake of "GRACE" by Eric Enstrom)
by dswann

Comment by EL-ROI:
I like your choice for this challenge. I think everyone's grandparents had this portrait hanging on the wall somewhere in the house. I like your twist on the portrait too with the urban theme. It really shows how far removed current society is from the spiritual foundations of our forefathers. A Comic Book and a TV replaces the bible and the can of food and crackers depicts just how far removed from the land we are. I would love for you to redo this to appear closer to the portait rather than with the HDR look. A nice black background and some softer focus would be great. At any rate. I enjoyed your photo.

Urban Grace (remake of "GRACE" by Eric Enstrom)
by dswann

Comment by MacDonald:
Very interesting take on Enstrom. You look almost as reverent and I love the fact you went all the way with making it modern .. no bible, loaf of bread and so on. Creatively done,

Urban Grace (remake of "GRACE" by Eric Enstrom)
by dswann

Comment by liberty:
Nice pp on this, good comp, 6.

Urban Grace (remake of "GRACE" by Eric Enstrom)
by dswann

Comment by tanguera:
A wonderful, modern take on the original. A bit oversharpened for my taste, but the feeling is still there. Well done!

Mardis Mill Falls
by dswann

Comment by Cory:
ROBBED! What a shame, this is a lovely image.. And you BARELY missed that top ten spot!

Still, congrats on a well executed and well appreciated image..

Mardis Mill Falls
by dswann

Comment by Quintus:
No comment.

Mardis Mill Falls
by dswann

Comment by Olyuzi:
While a nice photo with great clarity and good composition, I think it's going to fall short as an HDR and this may hurt your scoring. The highlights are very good, but the shadows are a bit too deep. Also your non-HDR processing in the foliage is a little too obvious. The biggest negative is the sky has no detail and looks really bad

Country Church
by dswann

Comment by Matthew:
Nice photo, but does not scream "church" to me.

Country Church
by dswann

Comment by Citadel:
I'm wondering what this would look like from a different angle. This composition really focuses in on the door rather than the overall structure.