Soothing Crashes
by soccerdad

Comment:
Congrats on your TOP TEN finish! A beautiful shot and perfect exposure. :-)

Fallen Leaves
by agwright

Comment:
You were robbed. Robbed, I tell ya! Looks like you were punished for lack of obvious strokes, but this is a perfectly valid example of photographic impressionism to me. It really was one of the best shots in this group.

Lumiere de bougie
by graphicfunk

Comment:
Wow! A garlic grater- that REEKS! er... rocks. Congrats on your top 5 with this incredibly inventive technique. It really does look like an oil painting (though perhaps more 'old master' than impressionist). ;-)

All Gave Some - Some Gave All
by ClubJuggle

Comment:
Way to go, Terry! It's been a long time coming. Congrats!

Country Sunrise
by Brad

Comment:
OK, so let me get this straight...

You have two simultaneous ribbons on the DPC home page.
You have ribboned in each of the Invitational challenges you've been eligible for.
You won with an obvious PS filter in spite of the purists.
You have four ribbons in your last 8 challenges.
...and you CLAIM to be an auto mechanic who just picked up an old camera off eBay? Riiiiiight!

Aren't you due for a LONG vacation someplace desolate? ;-)
Congrats, Brad! Again.

Cold november night
by heida

Comment:
Congratulations Heida! I seriously thought you had a lock on the blue. This is just an awesome image. Into the favorites it goes...

The Artist
by scalvert

Comment:
Wow, a BLUE! I have goosebumps. I has hoping for a top five, and would have placed Heida's shot about 20 places over mine. Thanks everybody!

Stroboscopic Flowers
by Jacko

Comment:
Good color, and a very creative approach, but I'm not entirely sold on this look as impressionism. I think it's because of all the sharp little details visible with each flash. This might sound weird, but on my screen it looks like cropping down to only the bottom right corner (just the pot and background) would be a better representation of the soft style of impressionism I envision.

Country Sunrise
by Brad

Comment:
Beautiful- and very believable as impressionism. There is no attempt to disguise an apparent filter effect put to good use. While so many filters look like an afterthought, this is an image that probably looks MUCH better filtered than it did as a straight photo. My only nitpick is that the white sky distracts from the warm colors pervasive in the rest of the image- I'd crop more off the top. Otherwise, well done! 8

Serenity
by connie

Comment:
Great job meeting the challenge with this one- it DOES look like an impressionist (or maybe watercolor) painting, though a little somber. I wish the colors had been a touch brighter. Still one of the strongest entries. 8