Red Centre of an Australian Native
by stormy

Comment:
This is a beautiful shot and given some of the photos that finished above this shot...I'd say that THIS one should have scored MUCH higher! Ok, it wasn't a brilliant shade of red but, it was a great shot and seeing that there are shots that finished above yours that aren't exactly as well photographed or composed as this one....I'd say that it was unfair. :)

Autumn's Silken Bounty
by digifotojo

Comment:
Absolutely stunning shot! The details and the contrast with the black background is really a masterpiece.

Burning and Bubbling
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Well, I didn't score in this challenge.....nor, did I get around to commenting much, if at all...can't even remember now as it's been a busy week. I do remember seeing this shot and now, (post challenge) knowing it is yours and thinking that I liked the textures to it and the detail. The shine vs the matte texture of the flower petals was a very nice contrast.

I think that perhaps, I'm thinking too deeply but, what I didn't get (even now) was the soap bubbles around a flower??? ROFL (at myself) here. However, it sure as heck is a pleasing shot photographically and technically it has a lot of very well done elements! Congrats on that because capturing those bubbles must have been very difficult to say the least but, you did it so well!

Obviously, though it was a pleaser for voters as in this day and age (not days gone by at DPC) 5.5 is a wonderful score!!! So, congrats on that!

1 Horse Power, Iron Rims
by J-Me

Comment:

Originally posted by colorcarnival: In all honesty, i did not put old meets new together. I guess the way my brain works, if I were looking for a comparison of that type, I would rather have seen the cars in the background because then I would have seen the contrast between two items of transportation. I cannot find a link between the carriage and the building other than one is old and one is new. And in a challenge like this, when people are going thru item after item of periodic elements, one has to stop and think about what is being conveyed beyond the carriage here. And then since the building is a puzzle, it becomes an outlier in this challenge. To the voting brain, it suddenly doesn't fit. And then you get the first reactions like I had. Not sure if that makes sense or not. The processing is interesting. What did you use? Anyway, I think you have a very interesting scene here, because who would expect this antique to be sitting around an industrial area? What a shame it has not been taken care of more properly.

Well, I now recognize that others wouldn't get that deep a meaning from it. It was lost so to speak to the challenge elements required.

Good point about the cars being in the background but, what I was really aiming for was THE ELEMENTS. That being said, I was aiming for the difference of the IRON & WOOD, VS THE CEMENT AND GLASS AND ALUMINUM.

I went way too deep, I guess and I have to learn...stock shot, stock shot....nothing with any deep meaning in here! :)

Chrome lady
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
Steve,I found it pretty interesting actually! I guess from the artist side of me, I see an artistic shot rather than the technicalities and this one hit me on the artistic side which really made me stop and look at it a lot more than some of the technically brilliant pieces. To be perfectly honest (no disrespect intended to the ribboners at all)....I actually thought this was FAR more meaningful than the technically well done winning shots!

I'm afraid that being in here can be dangerous to artistic flare. It trains AGAINST it in a lot of ways. Our eyes are being trained to look at a photo for technical aspects and esthetics rather than anything really artistic. You have an artistic eye. Keep it that way. DPC'ers will eventually evolve! ;)

Einsteinium
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Ha...didn't know what this substance was....but, I really loved this shot!

It was really clever and well done and made me laugh my rear off! That was well worth the score that I gave you.

Now, will you please tell everyone that your kids glowing on Halloween....WASN'T FACE PAINT!!! ;)

To Observe Man
by colorcarnival

Comment:
You know what? I didn't know that this shot was yours of course and I really liked it! I didn't comment but I liked it. The reason being, I kind of thought that the actual man in the shot could have been the bust itself. It was kind of an "eerie" second in time that you caught this!

Steve (Yospiff) made a great point about JPEG overcompression in posting. Someone else told me about that as well. I didn't know that before. Takes a little fussing but, it works well.

As for the last of these comments...well, just my own opinion here....certainly not coming from YOUR mouth..., it's mine....but, I'd say that this person needs to wake up and learn to comment helpfully or stop commenting! :) She really needs to take a good look at her own portfolio before she makes comments like those! LOL

Really great shot!

Message edited by author 2008-11-12 00:23:20.

Aluminum: The Future Style of Vogue
by jessy_pesce

Comment:
Creative, nicely shot (which I'm sure was difficult given the reflective nature of the foil).

Native Cu (copper) Ore
by Alain

Comment:
Certainly fits the challenge. But, the contrast is too much and the focus just doesn't seem right???

Brand New Aluminum (Couldn't Afford Carbon!)
by bobnospum

Comment:
Interesting background colour.