Salthill Fair
by rubienne

Comment:
I went straight to the cat pics and missed this one. Great feel with the funky processing. Very nice.

Ferenc
by lsmart

Comment:
Great portrait and beautiful processing. The detail is sharp and emotional.

Light Painting
by ericwoo

Comment:
Trading Post - Nice shot and score. The colors are rich and warm and the detail is sharp and clean on the flower head. The background color is a great compliment and the composition has a good feel to it. Nice shot overall with no real complaints or suggestions from my end.

The Lion and the Bumbershoot
by chalice

Comment:
Trading Post - You easily met the challenge here, but I think the softness of focus is what really hurt you. An interesting setup and combo of items, a bit od burning to make your blacks darker may have also helped make both of your subjects pop out a bit more.

Byodo-In Temple Buddha (9 feet tall)
by chalice

Comment:
Trading Post - well you easily met the challenge here. Good shot overall - mayeb a bit of burning to bring out some more detail on some of the swirls and eyes. This was a rough challenge overall and I think you may have scored a little lower than you should have.

Struttin'
by Melethia

Comment:
Trading Post - Should have gone with the cat. You did get yourslef a pic of a black and white subject (the color didnt bother me any - in fact I liked the pics that had color in them), but it just feels like a snapshot of a pigeon. Wow factor was a bit low on this one. Now on my way to comment on the cat.

Liquid Gold
by Melethia

Comment:
Trading Post - This one didnt grab me Deb. I knew it was a funky reflection but it didnt really grab my attention. Cool swirls and the colors are ok (gold is a bit of a stretch) just not the shot for me (hey I am your customer right? :). Get back up into your 6s and lets see you crack that top 10!

A moment in time
by Kelli

Comment:
Trading Post - Good overall shot here. Simple and clean composition, good lighting on the boy and nice subdued colors. There doesnt really seem to be anything that I can point out that hurt you here outside of maybe just not alot of "wow" interest in it. But you did capture what your title suggests and you caught it well.

Gold Dust Woman
by Kelli

Comment:
Trading POst - Tough go of it in this challenge (at least you didnt brown right?) After reading your desription I see what you were looking for but the execution is pretty poor. Just one of those entries to look back on and see where you came up from. Hang in there and put out more pics along the lines of the jellies. You have a 6 shot in you and I feel it will be coming out soon.

Blue on Blue
by Kelli

Comment:
Trading post - Once again - cool shot. Love the models. The colors are nice. I think for an improvement maybe if you had brightened up the jellies just a bit (maybe dodged their outlines a tad) they may have stood out a bit more. THere is always such cool detail in a jelly body that abit more processing could have brought it out. Also maybe a bit tighter crop on top (get rid of that floater that isnt as prominent) and you may have a bit better balance. Overall these are just minor. You have a good shot and really not a bad score to go with it.