Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
by Mieka

Comment:
Good perspective, but the photo is busy. It doesn't need all the trees to be there. Take a much smaller crop of the photo and you'll have something with loads of impact.

In fact, I just tried it out. I cropped it, enlarged it slightly, sharpened it and played a little with the colours, then added a border. Tell me what you think:

//lisa3d.org/images/photos/dpc/valourExperiment.jpg

Moon Palm
by Annida

Comment:
Anniiiiiiida.... i love the vivid colours in this photo, but after seeing a bunch of others so far in voting on this challenge, the low resolution of the camera does stand out, making the photo seem soft. I also don't think it focussed on the top of the palm tree. The very closest part of the tree is sharper. It's so bold and vivid though, I like it :).

The Squirrel Highway
by Ruchart

Comment:
Interesting lines, and nice textures on the pole. The composition is good. The Black and white has nice, rich dark tones but doesn't seem to go all the way up to the whites, making the photo a little too grey overall for my liking. I just tried playing with it, and with a lighter sky the pole stands out beautifully. Perhaps it's because my monitor is calibrated for the squares on the bottom of the voting page.

The Guardians
by DennisF

Comment:
Lovely shallow DOF and rich black and white. I'm not sure that the subject of the photo is interesting to me though. If it had more texture and weathering, or was more fancy, it would hold my interest, but this seems kind of static and boring.

Moon Rise
by shedonist

Comment:
Pretty. The tiny size of the moon helps the "perspective" theme along, I think. The sky is a lovely mauve colour. I like the fine patterning of the twigs and branches, and the composition of the tree trunk.

Regret
by arnit

Comment:
Wow... this photo is beautiful. I'm not sure that it really displays "regret", as the title suggests. But it's a really gorgeous work of art. The branches from the tree, the window, and its reflections are great elements of the image even though the shallow DOF places them firmly in the background and leads you right to the woman's face. The camera angle on her face is gorgeous. The only problem I have is that the darkness of her clothing makes it hard to interpret. Is it a big turtleneck sweater? Her neck has disappeared into a black hole. I still like it though. For some reason it has a kind of 60s feel to it.

Structures of an Old Factory
by nathaliedoo

Comment:
Very cool textures, and the use of perspective is great. I feel like it's a little tilted though, and underexposed since the colours are all a bit pale. If you turned up the saturation a little it could have been very vivid. I just saved it and tried playing with it, and it looks VERY cool in high contrast black and white too.

Looking up to the skies
by xertion

Comment:
This photo is dramatic and effective but a little monotonous. The centred composition is very formal, and there isn't much about the tower that captures my interest. The little puff of cloud in the top left is a great touch though.

Vivid orange rose
by MissArmani

Comment:
How can anyone imagine that it wasn't your intention to make this blurry? Who would be stupid enough to submit something that was that blurry by accident? *Shakes her head*.

I love this. I would have given you really high marks if I'd voted :). You're a very creative photographer.

Just Another Sunset
by lisae

Comment:
Thanks Jason :). I look at yours too, and you keep beating me ... *pouts*.