The American Southwest
by Cutter

Comment:
Impressive landscapes. I find the middle photo's brightness compared to the other two a bit overpowering.

Voyages
by CapeSail

Comment:
Good connection, I would have liked a bit more sharpness and vividity to the shots for a great score.

Lost at Sea
by noraneko

Comment:
Super shot. The combination of colours and negative space are quite interesting and engaging.

Lower Eastside
by Hipychik

Comment:
Nice shot, postcard-like quality to it, I think.

Sweet peas
by quiet_observation

Comment:
This is a great shot with good thumbnail appeal. I think with a bit more sharpness (contrast?) it would have scored up in the sixes.

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence
by purpleflutterby13

Comment:
This is a really good shot IMO. I think the only reason that you didn't finish higher up the tree is because of what your first comment mentioned - you look at the shot and you can think a lot of things, but not many of those thoughts are "hair" related. Would have been interesting to see how this did in the free study.

Florida Wetlands
by JuliBoc

Comment:
Yeah I think the multiple-exposure HDR is a tricky thing to get right. The slightest variation in camera position or wind-driven movement of the subject will end up knocking out the image in a slight way. I've had a few shots that I thought would be good end up messed up by that.

Having said that I don't think that this was a disaster by any stretch. I think, had the perspective been right, I'd have been tempted to have the bird up front right, for some foreground interest.

Hemiptera
by noraneko

Comment:
This is so detailed and colourful I'm surprised it did not get ranked more highly. Still who can account for the dpc voters?

Jefferson and Washington(s)
by levyj413

Comment:
A great symettrical piece here. Good use of the reflections, and very clever setup!

Stems and Blooms
by drbenjamin

Comment:
One of the more abstract "thirds" that I've seen so far. 6