Rock Glen
by mchalmers

Comment:
Color balance off. way too green/blue. 5

Early Thaw
by notesinstones

Comment:
Little brighter, but overall really well done. 7

Final Stand
by roba

Comment:
would be better without sword or have an actual samuri in the picture.

M e s s e n g e r
by hihosilver

Comment:
This should have won. Beautiful image, and well done. I REALLY like it.

Rhythm and Blues
by SherwinJames

Comment:
I'm sorry this didn't score better than it did. Its really an amazing emotional picture. I really really like it. WAAAAAAY better than mine, sometime DPC is just plain weird.

~Mark

powerful
by Stagolee

Comment:
Congrats on a ribbon! Great image!

Thaw
by caba

Comment:
Shoulda won a ribbon in my book. Beautiful composition and lighting.

Retrieve the forgotten beauty
by william88

Comment:
Congrats on 1st! Well done indeed!

Light at the End of the Tunnel
by Grainey

Comment:
This is not a bad photo, although its not great.

I think you want the viewer to look and get focused on the cool lighting in the tunnel. At least I want to look at that tunnel. The road leads you there. But the tree's do not. They are very much of distraction in this shot. Try next time thinking about different angles/views/ (ie overall composition) that try to lead the view to your subject. Or at least compliment the subject.

These are the hardest comments to make, because its not about your lighting or post-processing (actually I think you did those really well here) but your overall composition of the shot. Unfortunately, that makes going out and taking another shot.

Hope this helps some!

Determination
by Grainey

Comment:
I think this photograph would grab me a bit more if it had a little bit more contrast. Lighting looks flat and maybe bump up the saturation. This photo also needs a border on it I think.

I like all the detail in the textures with a rocks and fits the challenge well.

6