The Heart of a Rose
by digifotojo

Comment:
I loved this. Way to find a hidden treasure!!! I just wish dpchallenge didn't require such severe compression. I would love to see this without the compression.

Dwelling on a Cliff
by delin

Comment:
This is one of my favorites. I think your photo matches the topic perfectly. You captured this at the PERFECT time. The sunlight on the trees above the dwellings makes them look like the yellow of aspens in the fall.

A web of treasure
by Annabella

Comment:
I don't really see this meeting the challenge. Also, the narrow depth of field makes it really hard to get any meaningful part of the spider in focus. The only part of the spider that I see in focus is one of his legs. Perhaps if you could have gotten more of the body in focus, it would have grabbed my attention more. The background is a bit distracting as well. Perhaps a slightly different angle would have removed a bit of the yellow. 3

If you had wings
by jjatoa61

Comment:
I don't see this as a "hidden treasure", so I'm not sure why it's in this challenge. In addition, the bird is a bit blurry. I'm not sure if it's cropped from a much larger image of if the focus missed or a faster shutter speed was in order, but it could have been much sharper. 3

MINI E
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment:
I guess this IS a "hidden treasure", but it's a bit bland for my taste. The lighting is pretty flat and the crop leaves some undesirably human collateral while removing part of the car that might have given it balance. 3

Far more than rubies
by littledeep

Comment:
I think it's a stretch to call this a "hidden treasure". The bright lighting also washed out slot of the detail in the white elements in the shot. You might even notice that his forehead seamlessly blends into the background. I'm doubt this could be remedied in post processing, but some exposure compensation in the original shot could have brought it down. 3

In with the wash
by ahjenny

Comment:
Ok, I get the "hidden treasure" in the shot, but the flat lighting really hurts this one. It's also pretty tough to make a washing machine interesting, although I've seen other mundane objects treated very well before. //www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=747607

Mainly, I think this could have used some better lighting and maybe some brightness/contrast work in post processing.

to see oursels as ithers see us
by posthumous

Comment:
I haven't used the word "shoehorn" at all in my commenting, but I HAVE to throw it in here. :-) I think including this in the challenge is a stretch (at best). In addition, I don't really know what you were going for in this shot. The reflections seem a bit blurry and the noise level is pretty high. Perhaps I'm just too ignorant to understand. (a distinct possibility) 3

Family Jewels
by robinssong

Comment:
I'm not sure exactly what kind of score you were expecting on this one. :-) I think you'll get a lot of low scores for the "ewwww" factor. I think I have to agree too. The idea of this as a "hidden treasure" is debatable at best. In addition to the ewww factor, though, This could have used some better lighting, a sharper focus, and less noise. I'm sure shooting bats isn't easy due to the lighting conditions, but this could have used a bit more setup to make it better. A wider, off-centered, crop could have helped too.

Treasure or TROUBLE??
by Damzel

Comment:
I think including this in the "hidden treasures" challenge is a bit of a stretch. :-) Other than that, this is a bit too much of a candid snapshot in my opinion. You might have been able to increase the drama with a different angle or a different crop. I could see a shallow depth of field shot that really drew attention to the "treasure" rather than the person. A bit of brightness/contrast work in post processing could have made this pop a bit more as well. 4