Perfectly Safe
by Keerti

Comment:
Back to comment: I have to believe that the majority of voters will have trouble relating your image to safety. I find your post processing to be a bit overdone for my personal tastes. I think the blown out background has a lot to do with the overdone post processing feel.

There is safety in her smile.
by CassieDoodle

Comment:
Back to comment and bump: Safety is a tough subject for a challenge and I can see how you think this image fits the challenge. I understand how a child does not smile if she feel unsafe. Hopefully, the DNMC Police don't hit you too hard, as this connection safety doesn't hit you over the head. I like your b&w conversion very much.

In a pinch...
by Jukes55

Comment:
Back to comment and bump: Safety is a tough subject for a challenge and after a second look; I can appreciate your take on the subject. Hopefully, the DNMC Police don't hit you too hard, as the connection doesn't hit you over the head. I love the post processing on this image and I believe you executed your idea about as well as could be done. Good luck with your score.

Safely Camouflaged
by Jedusi

Comment:
Back to comment and bump: Safety is a tough subject for a challenge and after a second look; I can appreciate your take on the subject. Hopefully, the DNMC Police don't hit you too hard, as the connection doesn't hit you over the head. I love the post processing on this image. It has a desaturateded look to it from the natural colors that works well. Personal preference would be to have the tree in sharp focus also. I grossly underscored this image when I was voting and I am bumping you to a 6.

Hiding From You
by TomCubis

Comment:
Back to comment: I have to believe that the majority of voters will have trouble relating your image to safety. I do find the overall image to be interesting. The perspective and leading lines bring you right to the umbrella. However, your b&w conversion could be better, as I would like to see more tonal range/contrast in the tree trunk. There is a great tutorial on b&w conversion in the DPC tutorial page.

Pea in a Pod
by a1leyez0nm3

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Back to comment: I have to believe that the majority of voters will have trouble relating your image to safety. On a personal note, I'm not a big fan of the crop on this image. You did a nice job of placing the dolphins compositionally but the crop ratio tells me you had a lot of other stuff you needed to get rid of.

Under Construction
by _Mindy_

Comment:
Back to comment: You choose a tough time of day to shot this image. The bright sky and dark subject don't really work well together. Using fill flash for the sign might have helped. I also think that it is hard to relate the sign to safety because the road construction it is protecting you from is not really visible in the background.

stay alert
by Squirrel_OGreen

Comment:
Back to comment: Safety is a tough subject for a challenge and I can see how you think this image fits the challenge. Hopefully, the DNMC Police don't hit you too hard, as the connection doesn't hit you over the head.

I do have a couple of suggestions to improve this image. First the image has a flat look to it. Bumping the gamma in levels would boost the mid-tones and a curve layer with a S-curve would help boost the contrast and the saturation. Your image also looks a little soft. When an image is downsized for a challenge, it looses sharpness. Most people use Unsharp Mask (USM) after downsizing. If you have Photoshop try USM with a Radius of 0.75 - Amount 75% - Threshold of 3 to bring the sharpness back.

Even with these corrections and a stronger connection to the challenge topic, this image would score in the low 5's at best. The subject you choose is pretty common and most people would give it a quick look, click 5 and move on.

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions on post processing.

Tim

On a safe way home
by Giorgio

Comment:
Back to comment: A lovely image with exceptional post processing. However, the image doesn't fit the challenge topic very strongly.

Safe in my Sweet Baby's Arms
by wildiris

Comment:
Back to comment and bump: You've found a humorous title to fit an image into a safety challenge that really doesn't relate strongly to safety. For that, I am going to give you a bump. According to the histogram on this image, the tonal range appears to be concentrated to the dark half of the histogram. A small bump of the midtones using a curve layer will both brighten and improve the colors of you image. Feel free to send me a PM if you need a better explanation regarding curves and the histogram.