Trash the Dress
by Germaine

Comment:
There is so much to look at here. First the bike, a really mean looking machine. Then the dress, as soft as the machine is hard. Next the trash cans. You've tried with the title to connect the trash cans to the dress but I connect them to the bike; both are part of a gritty world separate from fancy bridal gowns (even at 75% off). Finally, there is the door. The green flash shows that it is open and the viewer is invited to enter.

Nice work.

Liam
by cryan

Comment:
I love the intensity of his expression. Does he have a DPC account yet?

I find the nail behind his head distracting.

Blue
by Retroesque

Comment:
Very nice! The car goes well with the building.

What kind of car is it? How old?

What a difference a day makes
by salmiakki

Comment:
Nice. I get the sense that these flowers are making a brief appearance.

Fountain
by Paul

Comment:
The fountain is very nice. I wish the area on the left behind the fountain were not so bright.

Keyed down.
by RKT

Comment:
This is nice. I like the way the keyboard angles through the image.

I notice that there are two areas where the keys seem sharper, one at the very bottom and the other in the upper third of the image. Was this the result of have the sweet spot between these areas and then having the sweet spot slightly out of focus? I've read that the sweet spot is due to the plane of focus being curved rather than flat; that should make it possible to focus outside of the sweet spot and get this effect.

~~DanW

From the cradle to the grave
by Shanny403

Comment:
I loved this shot. The grittiness of it is perfect.

People in the field of life-span developmental psychology use these phrases:

Womb to Tomb

Sperm to Worm

almost spring
by salmiakki

Comment:
I also prefer the monochrome version overall, but I prefer the cropping of the color version. The new leaves are the clear focus of the image. In the monochrome version there is a dark triangle in the background that (to me) is strong enough to complete with it. In the color version, the triangle has been weakened by cropping off one of its edges. The remaining sides echo the shapes of the focal branch.

Both images are very nice.

Load
by RKT

Comment:
Yes, this is much more successful than my shot of one of my cats. I love it.

I'm also sending this to my sister. She has TWO vast cats! Our two are both Siamese and much smaller by comparison.

untitled
by bspurgeon

Comment:
This has a wonderful feel. You certainly favor compositions with a strong diagonal.

I'm not sure about the stalk above/left of the head of grain. It seems to be the sharpest thing in the image yet it is not the central focus of the image. Yet without it, the image seems to need something more.

~~DanW