Ansel
by drake217

Comment:
I wish there were some brighter whites here, nice shot otherwise but with Adams missing the zones is a killer.

The Road Less Taken
by Rikki

Comment:
Congrats rikki

F15
by kawesttex

Comment:
sweet vapor pop. great capture

Filet Mignon - nothing but the best for "dpchallenge"
by tjmueller

Comment:
Its tough to shoot meat, and this lump of tissue proves the rule

Wok Cuisine
by shabbychic

Comment:
Well composed but the mid tones are a bit dark

...they said it would be sunny today!!
by sajin

Comment:
I gave it a six, zero of possible five points for meeting the challenge, five of five points for quality of the shot, and a bonus point for making one of the most beautiful web reduction shots I have ever seen, just an amazing image.

Moon, fog and the city
by BrennanOB

Comment:

Originally posted by LA_Sportsman: Is this a combination of three photos/multiple exposure?

nope, straight shot, un edited. I keep meaning to go in and fix that blown out moon, which bugs me to no end.

My Favorite Christmas Lights
by jrjr

Comment:
I think you cropped a bit too close to the bottom of the frame, and that the botles bleed into the backround because of two factors, the lighting is too universal, a flash or spot picking them ou would have popped them forward; and the focus is too soft if the bottles were crisper they would have seperated more strongly from the BG which is nicely fuzzy.

The strand of lights woven through the bottle isn't cutting it, too subtle, either bigger lights or brighter lights (longer exposure and don't light the tree for part of the time?) could help, otherwise just loose the strand.

Chocolate Moose
by idnic

Comment:
I think you hurt yourself with the lighting here. This sort of bright uniform white works well with fur or leather product shots, where the surface is very complex and will carry the image, but the simplicity of the moose needs more dramatic lighting, with a more varied backround. The image is just too static and simple. Had the moose been standing in a pool of mouse rather than bars of chocolate, and the lighing implied a sunset/nature setup, the pun might have run a bit further.

protocard.jpg
by BrennanOB

Comment:
sorry should have posted my steps.
Shot the tree with the ornamnets
shot my wife and daughter
had my wife shoot me ( pathetic expression, but it was the only shot she took and this was a rush job)
Used layesr in photoshop to ease the faces into the ornaments, using multiply and erase mostly.
Emailed the shot to Kinkos and had them 48 hours after taking the first shot.
wasted the next few days trying to find time to write notes.
gave up and mailed out most of them blank.