Just Chillin'
by Donna21

Comment:
Very clear and crisp focus. Nice composition. Upper grass looks noisy or pixelated.

Peek a Boo!
by LiamD2005

Comment:
I actually love that is the back of the dog and how the red collar stands out. The negative space on the right is nice as well and you could have cropped away more of the left and it would have worked as well. I think the background grass tends to blur more to a neutral color than a niceer looking bright color. I did not vote but this a 6 to me, so 5.3 sounds about right.

The Goblin King Contemplates
by Purple_Girl

Comment:
Great idea -- Kudos. Wonderful lighting on the King's head and arm. Flash highights on chest detract. The DOF on the background is nice, although it bit faded -- TV screen maybe?

The Bog of Eternal Stench -- "Smellllsss Baaaaddd"

~Reflections of a Purple Plasmatini~
by Damzel

Comment:
The photo for me is mixed. I like the concept, but do not feel any part of it jumps out at me. While the result is colorful, none of the bands of colors stands out to draw your eye. The colors all seem a little random, perhaps some more symeetry would have helped. The highlights on the glass and bottem of the orange part detract a bit. I agree with the prior comment about changing to a horizontal crop would have made a huge difference. BTW finishing in the top half of any DPC challenge is always a good thing!

Olympic Gold by Two Beak Lengths
by ErikV

Comment:
Great idea and well executed. Perhaps backing all the ducks up an inch so that the lead duck beak is just touching the finish line would improve the composition and story.

A Modern Day Still Life
by Cuttooth

Comment:
One thing that no one has mentioned is that still life typically has a group of objects that are all within the frame. Given that none of your objects are fully contained within the frame it seems more "dynamic" than "still" . The topic is a killer as well. Lice eeewwwww! Technically, the lighting and composition are nice. I did not vote, but I suspect that the 1's and 2's are DNMC votes rather than bad photo votes.

Mocha and Cream
by Truegsht

Comment:
I love it. I keep expecting an alien to pop out and attack me. Lighting might be a little on the harse side.

4 Minute Warning
by violinist123

Comment:
Nice shot. I also had a dark image on this challenge that some did not like. On cheap LCDs this is probably never going to score well, so ignore the 1's and 2's, as they are looking at a different photo thatn the one you submitted. I would hazard to guess a title like "Rising from the Darkness" would be worth 0.3 to 0.5 points. Your current title actually detracts from the photo as the image needs to gain context from the title and currently it only adds confusion.

Hot Outtake
by bobonacus

Comment:
I like this slightly better than your entry in "Hot". I think the negative space on top give the plane somewhere to fly to and the flames and heat waves subtly denote hot!

Abraham's Solace
by gwe21

Comment:
No comments during challenge. I hate when I see (or get) that! Nice shot. The crop and the angle are great. The textures are nice and B&W was a good pick to highlight them. The blown out sky detracts somewhat.