Please Don't Pee On Me!
by amster

Comment:
I like that you didn't resort to selective desaturation for this shot. I commend that you relied on the subject to pull the focus. I think this shot would have benefitted from a lower angle of view instead of this angled down shot.

A Rainbow and Mistletoe
by Faye Pekas

Comment:
A lucky capture. Still, I find this rather drab. The color doesn't make quite enough of an impact against the dull sky and the trees. The roofs should have been cropped out.

Smile!
by slo007

Comment:
This could be excellent if it were bigger and I could evaluate more of the actual image quality. As it is, it's too small to really get an idea of the sharpness and the color doesn't make enough of an impact.

Winter in Yorkshire
by Riponlady

Comment:
Blah...selective desaturation. I think the dogs pull too much focus in an otherwise pleasing composition. I think if this had been shot on an actually cloudy day, you could have succeeded with color by blurring the background and eliminating the dogs and the subjects patterned shirt. Oddly, the umbrella appears a bit pale and washed out to me.

Rapper!
by permapier

Comment:
I like the burst of turquoise in his head wrap but ultimately, this cropping is just too cramped for me---he looks contorted. His closed eyes give this a snapshot sort of feel.

Little Nat
by Shelley

Comment:
I would like this better if Nat were looking at the viewer instead of looking out of the frame. I hate selective desaturation and in this case it appears to be used simply to fit this photo to the challenge. IMO the burst of color should be the focal point. In this case,the red cap shouldn't be the focal point of a studio portrait.

Imperfect
by aznym

Comment:
Better cropping to eliminate the highlighted leaves in the corner would improve this. The yellow of those leaves competes for focus with the persimmon (?).

Bag of Daisies
by banmorn

Comment:
Very vibrant and crisp. I like the black background and the repetition of the gaudy, unnatural colors of the flowers in the holographic bag.

Black & White and Red all over....
by Nobody

Comment:
I like the black background and the clutter-free framing. The highlights are a bit blown out and lacking detail.

Window to the soul
by nlghttrain

Comment:
Relies to much on post-editing IMO (selective desat, unnatural blue of the eye). For me,this shot has become rather ubiquitous for DPC. I think it would have been more effective to keep the tight cropping and eliminate the selective desat. The natural color of the eyes was likely striking enough against the more neutral tones of skin and hair. On a final note, the nose is a bit of a focal grabber for me. It seems to loom hugely in the lower portion of the frame.