Decay
by Bruce_the_Robert

Comment:
this has great texture and colour.

I'm Ready for My Closeup
by actnout

Comment:
A little more contrast would have helped.

caviar dreams
by tate

Comment:
Although I doubt this will do well on DPC I like it 8 from me.

Overworked
by Techo

Comment:
thats great, love the smoke.

Listen
by JuliBoc

Comment:
it could be a little more in focus.

The passion of rock climbing
by keibo84

Comment:
Its a very busy image and with black and white images its best to go with more with simplistic imagery. the right side with all the dark trees takes away from the actual subject matter of the climber. a tighter drop in my opinion would strengthen the image. It would have been cool if you had shot the image closer to the climber so it was just all rock and then the climber holding on.

Under The Covered Bridge
by ZeppKash

Comment:
I agree with every one that this is a very good use of HDR. The ting that bothers me about this picture is whats in the opening of the bridge is kinda bland like something is missing from the image. I would have liked to see some one maybe not out side but actually inside the bridge walking out or even a car driving out. great editing great use of patterns and symmetry, keep up the great work.

Morning Glow
by gwe21

Comment:
Wow what a stunner, who ever gave this a one is trolling like a mad man/woman. This is a great flower picture very dynamic and lots to look at the water droplet complement the flower very well. The lighting is interesting maybe a little softer would have been better. The flower in the back definitely takes away from the subject flower and kinda blend with it. I'd also have to agree with getting rid of the border does nothing for image. all in all spectacular image and another in this group that was under rated.

P.S. I really like the tone of that green I don't know why though.

Dying of Thirst!
by Dirt_Diver

Comment:
Hey Dirt_Diver,Interesting image and idea. I'm not really an expert when it come to studio lighting but I'll just voice some opinions about this image and what I like and dislike. First I really like the background and how it makes the roses pop, but the table is very distracting and be far the worse thing about the image. The rose on the left is too dark and lost in the shadows, it looks like it was intended to better juxtapose the two roses but I'm just not feeling it. Another thing is the roses have a bit of a halo around them which I noticed right away and kinda distracted me from the roses. Altogether the Image is of extremely high caliber and the lighting is in my opinion very well done, congratulations on a excellent image shame it didn't score better.

Remembrance
by breadfan35

Comment:
This is kinda a strange image because the technique used was very well done and the post processing was also of a high caliber. But were this goes wrong was in subject matter as its the only thing I can see that doesn't really pop for me. The problem is that theres nothing really unique about the photos subject matter(not every one knows who Patton was think that this is the famous general). Maybe if shot at a different angle so that you got more wall tombs in the photo and cropped the ground out to give it more of a never ending feel. But really this is a superb photo crisp, sharp and in my opinion worth much more then what it got.