What's all this Noise about...."DNMC"
by ace flyman

Comment:
Its a good effect combined with the aged subject. The hat is the defining touch

PORT
by Brin

Comment:
My favourite in this challenge! The more you look at it, the more aspects there are to it. Clever work, not adequaltely rewarded in my view :)

Brett

Livin!
by Cutter

Comment:
Brilliant stuff, just lovely. I look at images like this and am saddened not to see a narrative in Photographers Comments. Your passion for the image is well jstified, I can't believe that you don't want to share that with everyone :)

Conjuring the Clouds
by KarenNfld

Comment:
OMG, this is stunning. The way the clouds swirl out of the bush and rock apparently coaxed by the pan flute. It's about the moment and capturing it, this is pure gold.

Brett

Boca Chita Sunset
by yakatme

Comment:
Wow, reminds me of why I am a saiboater too. You can't describe this feeling to those that haven't experienced it, this picture tells them.

Brett

Fistfuls of Sand
by JRalston

Comment:
OOF, shallow DOF and DNMC .... LOL :)

It's lovely, I can see why you love it so much. It doesn't need a face or anything fancy, it just "is"

Brett

Man of the Forest
by riolobo

Comment:
I really like this image. I'm still undecided about how relevant it is as an enviromental portrait but at the moment, it feels ok.

Mid Air-Climber in His Element
by Sunshine86

Comment:
Hey really good mono treatment. I like the PP as it has resulted in not just a picture of a guy on a rope but of a mood. It has feeling, not just 'stuff'.

Women of 1870s Wichita KS (blacksmith)
by Balko

Comment:
Really interesting image, nice environmental context. i doubt whether women were allowed to do that work way back then but it doesn't matter for the pic. If you were looking for ways to grow its score, perhapds the bright light on the forge base is distracting from the main strength of the image. I was thinking about how to take that away and figured that you could use an upside-down graduated mask for the bottom half of the pic. Depending on the opacity of it, you could then really force the eye into the main part of the image and I think it would look seriously powerful

Team Tusker
by Artan

Comment:
Is it a little soft on the groom's face? It is certainly sharp on the hourse's