A secret world
by marian

Comment:
came back to this one to congratulate you on a fine and mystical pic that really captures what it means to make a good photo that is more than what it is a picture of.

Liberty State Pk & NY Skyline
by tvsometime

Comment:
this is definitely one to hang on to and certainly has a level of emotional impact in what it shows. I voted it 4 as a photo (snapshot) and pushed it up 1 for the 'hidden gem' value. I am not american, so the emotional impact is much less for me than the historical import for me.

Park Bridge Impressionism
by fire911

Comment:
I almost forgot about this. FWIW, I was one of your 9's. WHee!

Brenda
by lynnesite

Comment:
wow. Love this. Great fashion with the bike and really cool with that dress. Very 1930's with a modern twist.

The model's pose is very flattering as well.

Gazania
by paynekj

Comment:
Too bad about the channel clipping.

I actually found this one to be very pleasing based on the shapes and color contrasts. I voted 7.

Global Climate Change!
by korpen

Comment:
I find this extremely unpleasant as an image. The editing looks very unskilled. I don't mind a heavy handed image, but this one looks poorly done. The strong difference in processing style from the lower portion of the image compared with the sky doesn't work well, making the pic look unfinished and I don't find any aspect of the composition compelling whatsoever.

The thumb shown in the photographer's comments on the other hand is much, much better and is a whole different story. It's quite decent.

Reflections
by jdixonsd

Comment:
This actually had a lot of potential, but was poorly realized.

You might enjoy experimenting with really low ISO (like 100) and a really narrow aperture (like around f/16 or f/22) with a really slow shutter speed.

That will really enhance the smoothness and reflectiveness of the water as well as give a tiny bit of softness to the overall image.

A strong hand with the contrast and a 'glow' type filter would then create something quite pleasant.

Abbazia di Sant'Antimo
by Gordon

Comment:
I came back to check on this.

Funny thing: I first saw this as an abstract study on shape and light. I started thinking an 8, then went with 7 as a 'benefit of the doubt' since I was wavering between 6 and 7.

Then I kept looking and I didn't find anything else compelling about it, so voted it down as an entry of that style.

I came back to this a final time during voting and looked closer. The depth that is shown on what appears to be a bench made me wonder if this was actually a kitchen table setting masquerading as a picture of something spiritual.

I decided that I was overanalyzing (because it wouldn't matter if it was a kitchen table or even a couple of pieces of paper and a light bulb) and took a step back and viewed it again as an abstract study on shape and light and I decided that I had given it a score simply because it "looked like something artistically presented as more than it is".

I decided that I was looking for an emotional impact to bring meaning to the effort of going through the exercise of making an abstract like this. Since I could not find anything, I voted this a 1.

I very seldom vote 1 and even more seldom on an image of this complexity. I chose the vote to indicate the picture's impact on me as an individual rather than a picture in a field of 1133 other pictures vying for first place, so I hope you understand that just as the pic itself is not trying to compete, my vote was not intended to indicate its value within a competition.

I can see quite a few areas of skill in the pic, but for this type of pic (for me), the content outweighs that.

:)

Watchful eyes
by carofo

Comment:
gave this an 8. I did not know that this type of border was illegal and I am honestly quite surprised at this. I haven't been very active in the last year though, so that might not be unexpected.

The continuity of color is particularly effective in this one: leaf - grass - eyes.

Atlanta Skyline HDR
by joshuadbooth

Comment:
A very nicely done pano. not suitable for DPC of course, but very nice.