Over the clouds
by M&M

Comment:
i very much like your choice of subject for this challenge. I find it odd you decided on a border that constricts rather than compliments the expansiveness of your image

Once upon a time...
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
Great image. Odd that nobody commented on gaussian blur, which was a fantastic idea but kinda living on the edge with the "major elements" rule. Seems silly that you would have had to flap the tablecloth to acheive a similiar effect outside of photoshop, but I'm sure not as good a result. I hope the direction of the site has changed enough for you to keep this blue.

Bootylicious Nectarine
by muur88

Comment:
hmmm...perhaps it was an apricot, I wasn't paying close enough attention in the produce aisle.

Life Passing
by muur88

Comment:

Originally posted by ubique: Quote: I'm hoping at least 1 person, other than myself, will appreciate the triptych squared. It's cubed. Also very good.

No really...it's squared. But glad you liked it.

Picasso's Cheese Tray
by sabrizz

Comment:
nice idea...i wish the colors were a bit more vibrant

Above the Crowds
by muur88

Comment:

Originally posted by Bear_Music: Congrats on your ribbon! It's a striking scene. Re: your sharpness comments, the Circle of Confusion begins to set in at about f/11-f/16 on that lens, depending on how wide you are zoomed, and CoF is particularly destructive of night scenes. You have enough DOF with the 10-22mm to essentially have 3 feet to infinity in focus at f/5.6 or f/8, so it shouldn't have been an issue. You could have run this at ISO 100 and f/8 if you'd chosen to. Also, I almost never use autofocus at night (unclear if you did), preferring to use a small penlight to set the focus manually by distance on the lens.

Thanks Bear. Obviously I need to work on my technical skills. Kind of embarrassing knowning I could have shot that at ISO 100. I did focus manually on the buildings to the right, but there were obviously issues. Still not sure I understand CoC and if the higher f-stop actually hurt my focus. From looking at the other night fireworks shots with foreground objects, foreground focus did appear to be an issue alot.

Waiting for the rain to stop
by Ragga2000

Comment:
nice feeling. wish we had some water on the window.

’Tis of Thee
by xlr8tn

Comment:
Nice and crisp and well exposed. The composition is uncomfortable for me with the monument's focal pt and the firework being so far from each other. Would have been funny as a "10" submission.

Spinner
by kadac00

Comment:
This looks really interesting, much more so than most of the bigger boys. I wish it was lit off in a dark field, and you were slightly farther back so we could have seen more of it.

The Dock
by maestro

Comment:
Hmmmmm....already double the views of all other images....played with the processing...from Florida....not hard to figure out this was yours maestro. It is a fantastic composition and the idea for the processing was very creative...Nice to see it's so well received.