Old Boat
by fillmore

Comment:
This looks very compressed. You may want to save your files without reducing jpeg compression in the future. This is a great shot and subject - you mway want to think about reallyc ropping in - maybe framing it from where the boat starts to teh rope and the pole where it is tied up (cutting out the extra poles adn the extra dead space beyond the pole with the rope. -6

curves
by borison

Comment:
Really like this angle. I like the sharpness, the geometry, etc. 10

Fertility
by dustin03

Comment:
ONe of only two 10s I gave anyone in this challenge. Awesome eye. Great tones.

Waves
by ghoti

Comment:
Holy cow! Great eye!! - 9

View from Uptown NYC
by ccasey

Comment:
THis looks so fantastic in the thumb nail and I can tell it's a great shot/capture. It's too bad the larger image is so small in pixel size. I'm giving it a 7. However, you'll probably find your scores will dramatically increase in future challenges if you use the maximum pixel size possible.

Mating Dance?
by photom

Comment:
Congratulations on this ribbon. Not to take anything away from the other ribbon winners, but I really thought this would get the blue. After all, it's incredibly hard to get this close to these birds and you can't exactly pose the shot. This could almost have worked for serendipity! I am absolutely shocked and horrified that you had a single 1 or even two 4s! Anyway... congrats on the high ranking. You really deserved it. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

A dog's eye view of our town
by scottwilson

Comment:
Really funny. I love it. My only suggestion is that it lokos like the cars were blurred out in post-processing. It looks alittle funny. I'm not very adept in PS myself so I'm not sure how to correct it. Sometimes you can use several layers and gausian blur to blur the background to give your subject more DOf. I think there may be a tutorial on this on the site. But, overall, I really like it. The fire hydrant really stands out. Too many images in this challenge have no real point of interest or subject to draw the eye - 8.

Our Central Park
by willem

Comment:
My pick for a ribbon! - 10

Oceanside California
by thelsel

Comment:
If you don't win the blue ribbon I'll be surprised. This one is perfect. - 10

Back Garden With Pond
by simbamba

Comment:
I really like this image. I find it looks like the noise reduction was a bit too much. NOt sure if maybe it was that the shutter was open and the wind was blowing the trees for the blurr or if you used NeatImage or NoiseNinja. I find it has a really arty feel. I like it a lot, but the blur is a bit distracting. - 8