untitled
by Remie

Comment:
Thanks for the votes and comments.

In the photographers-comment, I mentioned that I hoped that the image would remind viewers of all the people missing after the tsunami-disaster in Asia. There's many ways to interpretate this image though (that's why I didn't give this photo a title in the first place), so I do understand that it made people laugh as well. I do have my doubts that being eaten by a shark is funny though :)

Paris, Las Vegas
by Pep Ventosa

Comment:
I'm very surprised this image ended in the bottom ten.

I guess this wonderfull photo was voted down because a lot of the voters didn't realize their actual is a copy of the Eifel-tower in Vegas and therefor believed this was a photoshopped image.

Megalomania
by Remie

Comment:
Thanks for all the votes and comments.

Although I hoped it would do better I realized this photo wouldn't score high, because it's a photo that one either likes or not. I submitted it anyhow, because I think it's a unique catch and a very interresting image overall. For me, that's worth more than a high ranking.

Personally I like this image very much, because its's kind of a "story-telling" image and the viewer can make up his own story. There are several ways to look at this photo and the mixed comments are a proof of that.

I titled his photo "Megalomania" because that's what I thought describes the photo best. "All we are is dust in the wind" as John Setzler mentioned in his comment might be a very good title too though. Funny I didn't think of that myself, because it's my favorite song :)
I've also been doubting if I should tittle it "Leonardo" or "Wright brothers" because of the old-fashioned pioneer-feeling of the image and I'm glad that others had that feeling as well.

Landscaping
by Remie

Comment:
Thanks for the votes and comments!

In some comments it is mentioned that the photo isn't suitable for a Travel Guide. I don't agree with that, because the theme was "Travel Guide" not "Holiday Guide" and the purpose of photos in a Travel Guide is to give a good impression of a travel-destination. And that's exactly what this photo does :)

I've used a wide white border because I want the white to function as a background-color. IMHO The photo looks better on a white background then on the grey DPChallenge-background. After all paper in most travel guides is white too :)

Message edited by author 2004-09-13 07:03:09.

The Renaissance Festival
by Marjo

Comment:
I think you captured the action very well, but the knight in the front is hard to see because of the shapes of the ship in the background. Of course I don't know how the actual situation was, but maybe stepping a few feet to the left or right would have resulted in a more quiet background.

Here's Holland: Clogs, Cheese and ....
by Philos

Comment:
..... de Kinderdijk :)
Nice composition and I like the way the mills are lighted by the sun.

Dinner in the Oregon District - Dayton, Ohio
by stupidcat

Comment:
Besides that it's a very nice composed and interresting photo, the first thing I noticed was that the top of the windows are not parallel with the top-border of the photo. Because of the alignment of the vertical lines, I can see why you didn't rotate the photo though. So, I think you should have made a tighter crop at the top.

I really do like the link between the old-fashioned looking car outside and the old people inside the restaurant.

Scenic Southwest Oklahoma
by postoakinversion

Comment:
The scenery is great, the sunbeams are beautifull and I think in total, it's a very good photo. After looking at the photo af couple of times I still kinda have the feeling that the tree bending towards the center of the image is blocking an important part of the view though.

Oregon Capital- Salem's Information Center
by lizzyc3

Comment:
I like the way the women contrast with the straight shapes and lines of the building as well as the conversion to B&W. I would have liked it even more if the the vertical lines of the building would have been parallel to the border of the photo.

The Viking ship at night
by arngrimur

Comment:
Very nice. I like how the the colors of the statue stand out against the dark blue sky and how the lights of the town help to create a strong image.