When the Sun Goes Down
by MsAmbrosia

Comment:
The best of the orange sunsets that I have seen so far in this challenge. I love that a full spectrum is given from almost red to almost yellow.

Mr. Red
by usinkit

Comment:
In an orange challenge, I think it was a poor choice of titling to call him Mr. Red. I think that might be just asking the trolls and grumpy people to give you a low score for not meeting the challenge.
I really like the composition of the picture. The whispy branches make an interesting background and I like the crossing trunks. However, I would have liked to see the squirrel be in more focus.

Foraging
by SuttonN

Comment:
Teeheehee, my favorite thing about this image is the crane's tail. It is so puny! :-P
Beautiful orange coloring and I love the texture of the water.
Composition wise, I don't know if I like the crane heading out of the frame. I would have rather seen him in the top right corner or something. But that is minor, and its not like wildlife likes to cooperate.

The Beauty of Orange
by sfmorris

Comment:
Well, this image certainly is orange. The flowers are nice and I especially like the composition, and the way the flowers lean into the rest of the frame.
However, I think you should have chosen a lighter or more desaturated orange background maybe. It is so orange that it overwhelms the flowers a little. I think ideally the flowers should be the most orange thing in this picture

Bird Of Paradise
by ThingFish

Comment:
Nice crisp flower and a nice even background. I am not sure that the colored border is really necessary.

Masked
by Ivory

Comment:
Very interesting photo! I especially like the contrast between the blue eyes and everything else. The mask is interesting, and the fingers provide expression that the hidden face cannot otherwise shot.
I wish the right side of her body (especially her eye!) was brighter though. The darkness there kind of detracts for me.
Just put your hand up to the screen and take turns covering up half of the picture. It becomes incredibly obvious how much better the left side is. It is to the point that I would almost suggest cropping the image at the midline of her face (though I suppose that would not be dpc friendly)

mixology
by klkitchens

Comment:
Nice colors here, and I especially like the bubble texture in the glass.
Did you ever try shooting with a slightly darker background? I think that might have helped this shot by lowering the difficulty of it. Right now, it is very hard to achieve the proper exposure for all aspects of this photo, and to me this shows in the two streams of liquid before they enter the glass.

A new kind of basketball
by hajeka

Comment:
While this picture is in clear focus and is certainly interesting, I suspect that it is not doing that great in this challenge. The reason for this is because:
A, DPC doesn't have a sense of humor :-P
but more importantly
B, This image appears like it has been hurriedly thrown together with little planning. Kind of like "ooooh, I have a basketball hoop, and oooooh I have an orange lion. I am going to place the lion in the basketball hoop and submit it"
Such shots tend to be punished by voters, especially by participants of the same challenge, as they feel like they personally put in more effort.
I am not trying to insult this photo or your preparation for it, I am just trying to explain why you are getting the votes that I suspect you are getting.

Sunny Side Up
by Molly

Comment:
Clever title and I think the centered composition works well here. However, I do think this image is a little overexposed. Just a little darker would have made this more pleasing to the eye, because right now it has a washed out feel.

Back to the grind.
by Eagle40Fox2

Comment:
Nice action shot. The orange floating thing (I forget the name) in the background becomes very distracting in this challenge particularly, because it is the most orange thing in the picture so the eye is naturally drawn away from the main subject to it.
I really like the composition here. In action shots that can be hard to obtain, so well done.