36.52 Race
by Melethia

Comment:
As usual your candids amaze me. This photo instantly evokes memories and feelings of childhood. It has a wonderful sense of realism about it which is maybe why it so easily takes me back all those years.

The boy on the left really sparks my interest. What is he doing, what is he looking at? At first I thought he was just left out of the fun which all of a sudden made the shot look very sad, but on closer inspection he definitely seems to have some sort of role in what's going on, perhaps part of the game they are clearly playing.

Wonderful shot that I keep finding details in the longer I look at it!

Daybreak
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Just the kind of thing I was talking about. This is a great shoot which expresses a LOT of feeling.

While I see on the surface a serene look, I feel an energy and anticipation about the scene, the way you do when you get out of bed early for some event (usually to go take a shot), look out your window and are greeted by a blinding sunlight.

I like the way the sun is completely overpowering, yet there is a gentle blue sky, which still say's 'morning'.

I think what you suffered from score wise was people looking at the 'textbook technicals' and not taking time to just take in the photo as a whole.

We come in Peace!
by NikonJeb

Comment:
I agree that the photo is harsh, but I think that's a good thing, it's fitting to the style of shot and title. Love the guy bending over as if peering out the window at the strange creatures outside!

Park Bridge Impressionism
by fire911

Comment:
I'm just going through the bottom end of the shots and I'm really surprised to find this scoring so badly. I can see from the comments it's because of the manipulation, but still, it's really interesting shot, and whether you like the colours or not the actual photograph (in terms of composition, light etc) is very good.

I'm with others in that it's not entirely to my taste, but I've seen photos / art very like this on peoples walls!

Stars and dust
by armin

Comment:
This is a great shot with nice colours. Especially like the stars in which I can see just a touch of movement which I'm guessing is from the long exposure.

I would be very surprised if this didn't finish in the top ten.

Windmill
by ceyval

Comment:
This is a night straight forward shot with good composition. It's a bit odd in that it has a general warm feeling overall yet there is snow lying on the ground. I think it's probably because of the deep blue sky and the warm light on the windmill. I usually associate cold temperatures with a much paler blue sky.

Despite that, which is just me being odd most likely, I really like this, it has a nice peaceful feel about it. I think it might have been better without the branches sticking in from the left, but not really much you could do to avoid that I'm guessing. 8.

Vanquished by Time
by androgeus

Comment:
This is a very nice shot, though the colours are a little strange. There appears to be a bit of an odd tint to the sky, especially to the lower left, but in general all over. There also seems to be just a tiny bit of motion blur going on, might want to try and up the shutter speed next time.

Warwick Castle, 941years old
by GemGem

Comment:
This is a pretty nice shot, but there are a few things about it which are bothering me.

First is the angle you have taken it from, though I realise that it's probably built on a hill so I don't know how much you could have done about that.

Second is the sky, it's pure white, a dramatic cloud cover would have worked better, though again, that's probably not completely your fault, but most likely the wonderful depressing British weather.

Lastly, and this is the only one that is strictly your fault, is the top of the lamp post sticking into the shot at the lower right is annoying, you could probably have got away with cloning that out under the advanced editing rules.

US National Cathedral: 1st Stone laid 1907
by Spizzer

Comment:
You only just managed to squeeze this one in then, what was the completion date? :)

This is a good shot with nice colours. I'm not sure why you didn't take it from the centre of the isle though, as that usually makes for a better composition in this sort of shot due to the symmetry.

I imagine this will probably do quite well, it has a very DPC'ish feel about it.

Dam, Old, 1858
by skewsme

Comment:
This is a very nice shot, and I imagine it's going to do pretty well and quite possibly ribbon.

The whole thing has quite a glassy, frozen look about it, which is clever because there isn't actually any ice in the shot. I think you've timed this exposure well, it's not over the top smooth, but long enough to make it really interesting.