Urban Tropic
by Hovan

Comment:
Technicals: Your composition is decent, although it may have been better to use the trees as a "frame within a frame". In other words, zoom out more so the trees are not at the edge of the picture. Color is decent. A nice blue sky. The picture looks like it could use some sharpness. I don't know if that was processing or just your lens. Lighting is good. You picked a decent time of day to shoot this.

The feel: As the picture is, we look at it and move on fairly quickly. Pulling back, as mentioned, might add interest and I discovered over the years, that clouds (when they look nice) add a ton to a picture instead of a plain blue sky. Naturally you can't command clouds to appear when you want, but it is a possible way to improve the shot on a different occasion.

Path of Ivy
by missxmisery

Comment:
Technicals: I like your composition. The geometric pattern is strong and pleasing to the eye. I can't quite decide if it would be better in B&W since the greens are not strong (due to the shadows).

The feel: One big question is...what are you framing? I bet you would have gained at least .2 in score by putting a person at the end of the tunnel.

The Best Six Pot?
by em3

Comment:
Technicals: I think you did well here. It's almost a 6 which almost always indicates that the technicals were well done. You chose a nice perspective to show off both the wording and give depth to the engine. The lighting is well done as well as the B&W conversion. One issue, which you cannot help, is the distortion the 10-22 lens gave you. I can see it mainly at the lower right. Again, though, what can you do about that? The whites on the front stripes are just a bit overdone and I may have been tempted to try to reveal a bit more in the central shadows as the center of the picture is pretty dark (thus not giving us something to look at except on the periphery of the canvas).

The feel: Feels like a nice ad.

Childhood basics :)
by FocusPoint

Comment:
You know you are getting enough ribbons you are going to have to start hating yourself. :)

votes 148, views 216, Avg Vote 4.974, comments 9 (the bird is not sharp)
by Oded

Comment:
the wall is too sharp. When you think I'm gonna zig...I zag. lol, actually I like this. Maybe a totally square crop. since it's so centered. 7

fighting over fish
by Gaia

Comment:
I'll give you a 5 for the awesome moment, but you know as well as I that your equipment really let you down.

Reflections on the Potomac
by levyj413

Comment:
Hey there ribbon guy!

Posted
by Donna21

Comment:
Technicals: Lighting and processing are decent. One thing that jumps out to me is that other than the sign the color adds very little to the composition. Whenever I get a shot like this I immediately think about B&W. On this shot you could do B&W and possible a selective desat of the posted sign (although I'd not have the yellow blazingly saturated. I'd think about a half saturation or something like that). Composition seems a little cramped. I'd like to see more. Of course I don't now what else there is to see so perhaps it was out of necessity. By pulling back, you may also consider a landscape orientation instead of portrait.

The feel: Does feel abandoned. As I gather from your comments, you like the shed better in the summer and I'd probably agree. The bare tangle of briars is not nearly as nice as it would be with some color and leaves. What can you do?

Deep Reflection
by JimiRose

Comment:
Technicals: While I think you were going for high-contrast, I think you might have overstepped by a small amount. The borders of his face almost seem to bleed onto his hair (something that can be an issue with red on a digital sensor). The biggest thing I would change would have been to try to compose the shot so the lights in the background were blocked. They distract us from the main subject. Otherwise I like your composition a lot.

The feel: subtle. It may be too subtle for DPC. I missed the "reflection" at first until you pointed it out. After you did, I like the idea a lot. Creative.

Lost our Tops
by Bujanx

Comment:
Technicals: As I'm sure you can guess, this is pretty underexposed. You might have been able to save it in Photoshop or another program, but sometimes raising the exposure of an underexposed shot will bring out a bunch of noise. The composition is not bad at all. It is not centered, which is good, and I like the blurred "top" in the background.

The feel: I think it's a creative idea. The composition, like I mentioned, is what makes the photo. I will admit though, that shots of little trinkets and kitsch like this rarely do well on DPC.