Open Up
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Nice use of color.

e y e
by rooum

Comment:
Perhaps a water drop refracting that dark line. Looks like the head of a tiny slotted screw but the edge is a bit irregular for that.

Wondrous
by Retroesque

Comment:
Looks like a bird's nest, maybe for a hummingbird. I like the use of selective depth of field to hold attention to the detailed central part.

Prometheus's fall
by jaysonmc

Comment:
What a wonderful image: swirls of abstract masses of color capture the essence of the season, the blur speaks to the process of falling to the ground, and the colors work well together. I had this near the top and still think it deserved much higher placement.

Trapped
by hotpasta

Comment:
I really enjoy the simplicity, with the figure and ground regularly reversing. Gives a dyamic sensation absent from most of the other entries. This serves both as an interesting semi-abstract image of fingers of ice converging on a glowing center and a detailed image of a warm colored leaf embedded in crystalized light. I had this at the top of the challenge. Appreciate hearing how much extra work went into the making.

Black Dog
by Melethia

Comment:
The dynamic quality of the dog with distant figures on a diagonal works well with the camera motion and excellent B&W processing. Glad to see I wasn't alone in giving this a 10. Wonderful to have it in the top ten despite being very different from the images typically up there in DPC challenges.

hello?
by Lutchenko

Comment:
Amazing originality. Being able to see such creativity is one of the big rewards of DPC participation.

Grasshopper Eating Lunch
by woodsey

Comment:
Use of shallow depth of field works well for the image - keeping the grasshopper and first thistle sharp, making a moderate blur for the two further thistles, and really obscuring the background. It gives a sense of three dimensionality and simplifies the composition so we pay attention to the main subject. But I would expect low votes in a challenge asking for deep depth of field.

Passersby
by Melethia

Comment:
Graphic design elements all over the place to make this more than a random snap shot; I can see why you like it. First we have a strong diagonal of three guys from right lower corner, with the line picked up further along by the gal near the door. The third guy of that group stands in a paver pattern that works like ripples in a pond, helpin the eye move through unexpected parts of the image. The gal faces toward the bag-holding person, creating an implied triangle. Lines of windows, doors, sidewalk provide a geometric background to contrast with the people. Photographer with tiny camera tosses in a bit of hook for the imagination. As noted by others, the white-shirt-ear person is difficult to see (but easier if image enlarged to 400% - maybe print huge and hang in a cafe), and the fragment of guy with glasses can be mistakenly seen as going with the other fragment guy's white shirt, making him appear giant sized.

Nine Rusty Panels on Old P9
by EstimatedEyes

Comment:
Deserves to score much higher. Amazing to have rust this even giving a feeling of modern art painting. Abstract in not having a context (I even Googled "P9" to see if it is a term everyone else knows about, only to find a Boeing airplane and a handgun, neither of which were candidates for the shot). I commented without votes, but would have given an 8. Maybe needs to hang in a gallery or museum to get proper respect.