pizzazz
by ursula

Comment:
VERY NICE!!! Wonderful color, lighting & DOF control. Only thing I see that detracts is the parting line on the vase. A few degrees' rotation (clockwise, of the vase, alone) would have solved this. Otherwise, SUPERB!

Message edited by author 2006-01-16 06:49:25.

Red Rock Jeep Adventures
by JPR

Comment:
Makes me homesick! Great job!

Omlette with Lox Feta and Spinach
by _eug

Comment:
Bloody Marys for breakfast? What tie do we eat? :))

Beautiful! Maybe balance the composition a little more by moving the (raw) eggs off the cutting board and into that lonely, dark upper right corner and spreading the ramekins out a bit.

Darkened Salmon on Israelien Couscou
by RedOak

Comment:
Voting in this challenge is making me hungry!

Wonderful shot. Maybe lose the lint between the white lines - lower left. Otherwise, great! (Rhymes with '8')

New Year's Resolution: Recipe for Disaster
by Meera

Comment:
Awesome! (Riper berries would add more red & really dress this up. Otherwise, great shot!)

Portrait of an Artist
by Neil

Comment:
Neil,

Unfortunately, I only just now saw this picture. Had I seen it during the challenge, it would have been at least a 9!

This is a truly stunning work! (It's taken me about ten minutes to write this message because I keep scrolling up for another look!) This piece could easily grace the wall of ANY gallery.

Please keep up the SUPERB work and give us MORE!

thecanyon4me
by Brent_Ward

Comment:

Originally posted by anusaha: This is not original at all. I thought the image looked familiar...I used to have this as a background back in high school. A quick image search confirmed this is an over-photographed site. Originality aside, I can't say I'm impressed by the technical quality either.

When will YOU submit something so we can all see what is "original", "impressive" and "technically superior"?

Message edited by author 2006-01-05 06:44:55.

thecanyon4me
by Brent_Ward

Comment:
This is stunning, Brent! You are definitely a master. There is no place on this planet that I love more than the Southwest and you have truly captured the beauty that makes this so! Congratulations!

natural beauty
by grigrigirl

Comment:
This is positively mesmerising! L*O*V*E it!!!!

Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment:

Originally posted by chaimelle: I guess the results will stand, but I am very disappointed to learn that the shot was not taken between 4 and 5 AM. Kind of seems like cheating to me.

This may alienate some fellow DPC-ers but so be it.

All those who complain so loudly about the "time" aspect of your photograph overlook an immensely important fact: Nowhere in the description of the challenge is a time zone specified. So 4am or 5am in one place is some other time somewhere else. It's all relative and really doesn't matter one bit. You made a BEAUTIFUL image by creating a great illusion - pretty much what photography (other than the strictest scientific or forensic kind) is all about, wouldn't you say??

Buen trabajo, Patrinus!