February Skies
by riotspyne

Comment:
Great Silhoulette! Color gradient works well, as does the composition. 10

Kitty Nose with Appel
by charliebaker

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments and votes. Shooting for the brown? How did you guess? Maybe I just have a quirky sense of humor, but I adore the brown (ribbon) photos and thought I would try my luck at this dubious place of honor in DPC. I took the Road Sign IV shot based upon a simple strategy. Again, thanks for welcoming this newbie into the cool school of DPC.

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Wow! Quintessential "light" photo. Congrats on the blue. Our household was cheering for Zoomers tonight.

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Your photo leads us as viewers through at least five different light openings, 1) the atmospheric aperture (clouds); 2) the geological aperture (rock formations); 3) the physical aperture of the human body (man's legs); 4) the technological (tripod & camera); and 5) the optical aperture (the unseen eye of the photographer, and eye of the camera). The interplay between the disc of the sun contrasted with the diamond of light formed by the photographer's legs & tripod are brilliant. Clearly evident also is the intensity of focus in the man's stance, to get his large frame into the eye of his camera to do what every photographer attempts to do: set the aperture to capture the impossible, the speed and beauty of light! I love the overlooked shadows of resting birds resting atop the rocks, one to the left and several to the right. An extraordinary photo! 10

"Walkway"
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Perhaps the lighting of the globes would have been more attractive if there had been no flash, but only a longer exposure with a higher camera angle. Just a thought. Cool location to capture this challenge.

Light on the Lighthouse at Cape Trafalgar
by Arancha

Comment:
Emotive photo. The absence of light shining from the lighthouse takes away from the potential power of the shot. Sometimes though there is only the photo that is before us rather than the photo we had hoped would be before us. Good luck.

Dawn's Early Light
by Cantique

Comment:
I would have scored this shot higher if you had cropped out the distracting building in the lower portion of the frame. Beautiful dawn photo.

Ocean Avenue
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Beautiful colors in this seascape shot. The foreground seems too dark to appreciate the variation of texture between the dune grasses (barely visible in the lower left of the frame) and the sand. The horizon lines is placed just right, at that "rule of thirds" proportion. I love the soft lighting on the road sign, inviting us past the sign to the ocean.

Molten Silicate
by dsb_mac

Comment:
Composition works well with the NW corner mirrored in the SE corner in darker tones, and the flow of movement cascading across the frame creating visual interest. I also personally like the level of blur which adds to the dynamic and fluid quality of the photo. What is this exactly? How hot was this shot? 10

Live in concert
by GoldBerry

Comment:
Excellent groundbreaking image, a candid looking shot which evokes the passion and power of a live music performance. The image seems fishbowled, likely intentionally to suggest that quality of all live "in concert" people who live their personal lives on stage before crowds. 10