Out of nowhere
by LalliSig

Comment:
I don't understand why this picture got disqualified. As far as I can tell there was no spot editing although Larus did use the vignetting tool in the Adobe Camera RAW converter. I feel it extremely difficult to understand how that can be called 'spot editing' and for that matter I've used it in a basic challenge myself - //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=271074

I hope this judgement will be reconsidered, at least if the vignetting was the sole reason for the disqualification.

Backlit
by welcher

Comment:
I don't really like how one side of the face has blown out highlights - it's a bit distracting because the ear just suddenly appeas in the white space.

Good composition, good expression on the model - overall a nice picture.

Happy
by owen

Comment:
The face is slightly yellowish. It would have been nice to have a catchlights in the eyes or if the eyes were slightly brighter. I think the face should be a bit brighter.
It would also have been nice had the background been more interesting instead of almost totally white.
I like the composition though.

a little tongue
by redpanda

Comment:
Did you consider having the eyes in focus instead of the nose? I don't find this appealing this way.

Going Up
by Chez

Comment:
My favorite in the challenge thus far. It's fun, it's different, it's quite stylish and perhaps a bit sexy even.

I really like how you've brought out the contrast in the picture by using the complementary color hues, green for the eselator and then red for the shoes and skin. It's also fun how you have only straight and horizontal lines in the escelator but the legs and shoes are more of irregular forms and vertical to boot so together with the color difference you have quite a contrast between the legs and the escelator.
I Hope you do well in the challenge!

PS. Can't help but to think about the possibility that the shoes will get stuck in the escalator. ;-)

Right in the action
by Brad

Comment:
Fun picture. Like the two guys to the left in the background - those two and the players to the right make it seem like there is a plenty of action going on. Quite a funny face on the player to the right in the foreground.
If only we could also see the ball ...

Identity Crisis
by aznym

Comment:
An extremely funny and creative photo and my favorite in the challenge.
I love how the swan seems to be 'communicating' or dancing for the cone.
I'm also fond of the gradient which emphasises the difference between the swan and the cone. It's also illustrative how you've placed the cone and the bird at distance in the frame to emphasise that these two will always be apart despite the obvious affection between them!
All in all, a truly neat picture and it's funny how cone seems to be smirking because of the swan's misunderstanding (it looks like the cone has a mouth).

Nitpicking, I find the cone to be overexposed in the red channel. Perhaps it would be wise to tone down the red slightly to get more detail out of it.

And congratulations on the ribbon!

Alone
by bernmay

Comment:
One of my favorite in the challenge so far. I really like the lines in this picture. Quite fun composition. Pity that we don't see more shadow detail in the tree in the foreground.

It also seems a bit over-compressed or cropped.

In the valley
by alithenake

Comment:
The very best I've seen so far. Hope you do well in the challenge!

I really like the composition, the landscape is quite astonishing and I like the subdued colors. Don't really see much if anything I'd change.

Twilight
by gotrond

Comment:
First of all, the horizon isn't quite level.
It's quite a peaceful image with the tree to the right and the person sitting on the bench to the left. However, I feel the power-lines and the sign in the middle almost ruin that peaceful feeling. I also somewhat feel that slightly more space is needed on the left side. I think I would have moved slightly back (or zoomed out) to give the tree and bench some more space and then cropped the bottom off the picture.

One other thing, there seems to be a bench or something in the foreground to the right. It's somewhat distracting.