T E X T E R C I S E S
by idnic

Comment:
Has anyone seen DPC's funny bone? Anyone? I always try to find the biggest disparity between my faves and the voters. You win this challenge. I guessed right for blue and red, you shoulda been yellow.

Out of the Gray
by ARMphoto

Comment:
Nicely framed and lit to maximize the impact of the image.

Color Choices
by JaimeVinas

Comment:
I like the well executed simplicity here, but the big black bars of the frame are distracting. I miss the barrel reflections on the yellow pencil, what happened there?

Unfinished (Coloring the Canvas)
by BrianR

Comment:
I like the POV concept but I don't see a strong tie between the materials and the finished image. The pallet and pencils in the ready are too little of the frame, the hand holding the pencil doesn't make me think that hand is busy working to detail the sunset scene. I think this is a killer concept, but a bit more of a connection between media , artist and finished image are needed.

Unzip Your Creative Side
by KarenNfld

Comment:
A fine idea, well laid out, lit and edited, I just wish the focal plane didn't soften right after the zipper. I like that it blurs at the back, but a few more crayons in focus would have helped.

Color Wave
by k9logic

Comment:
This one is tough to judge, because as a graphic it rocks; great crop, vibrant and dynamic, it would make a great offset print. As a pure photograph the density of saturation washes out the subtle textures and I can hardly tell where the rough paper ends and the waxy crayon begins. On a different site with less obsession over technical mastery it would be a no brainer, because the image grabs you by the throat. I'm going to have to give it a provisional score and come back.

In the cold, cold ground
by BrennanOB

Comment:
My thoughts were "The silence of the grave" and few moments in life tend to be less full of chatter than when you are putting flowers, or dirt onto the coffin of a friend.

As far a getting a different angle, I didn't feel it was appropriate to jump down onto the coffin.

Visit Iceland
by gsal

Comment:
Congratulations on being my highest scoring, lowest finisher. Either I'm wrong, or they are. I'm guessing its them.

See Memphis
by dixonp1

Comment:
Come on tell us how you did it. HDR or Topaz, we really must know. No?

Come relax with us this summer
by Brad

Comment:
Geez, I had you down for the waterfront shot, grats either way.