DSC_3300
by Ja-9

Comment by Denise:
oh so pretty, I love shots like this - fog / mist, reflections

DSC_5182_edited-1
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Comment by Tammster:
On my iPhone till late. On here look great... Truly. Think it will do better than mine.

Money, Money, Money, Money....Mon-ey
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Comment by npasel:
Different than all the other entries, I like it.

Money, Money, Money, Money....Mon-ey
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Comment by JustCaree:
awesome job!!! top 3!

Money, Money, Money, Money....Mon-ey
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Comment by the99:
very nice!

~ St. Joseph Lighthouse ~
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Comment by DrAchoo:
Most people will tell you to put the horizon on a rule-of-thirds line, but I often don't. Perhaps I'm giving you bad advice, but I think this would be good with a fairly even split between sea and sky. However, I would only recommend this if you could capture more detail in the clouds. HDR is made for shots like this and if you haven't explored it, I'd suggest it. You don't need photomatix or something, but rather just manually blend the two exposures in photoshop (one for the sky, one for the rest). I think shot had a ton of potential (as the site has shown with ribbons for this particular lighthouse).

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Comment by DrAchoo:
Don't you just love these things? Did you hand-hold this? If you had a tripod with you, it would have probably helped to increase the f-stop so as to get more of the subject in focus. Lots of times a shallow DOF can be good in macro, but I don't think it helps you here. If you know you are shooting for DPC and you don't have a tripod a trick is to pull back and then crop later. The further you pull back, the wider the DOF becomes while keeping the same shutter speed.

~ My Bleeding Heart ~
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Comment by DrAchoo:
I've been starting with a shot that scores around 5.5 because it usually indicates a promising shot that could have been improved. Here, I like your idea, but I would suggest a few things. First, this is going to be an image about form and flow (and color), so distracting elements don't help. The upper right BG needs to be nixed. You can do that by providing your own BG (maybe a matboard), changing the POV, or editing (although on DPC you couldn't have edited that completely out). What I do like is the diagonal movement, but I have have tried to emphasize that a bit more. Maybe by raising the camera by an inch.

Money, Money, Money, Money....Mon-ey
by Ja-9

Comment by denbote:
great composition. 9

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Comment by bmartuch:
A wheat penny no less. Nice detail.