Monk At Kingsbury
by MAK

Comment:
Excellent. Love the intensity of the eyes, and the color of the robe. Lighting is just right.

love is in the eye of the leash holder
by skewsme

Comment:
Cute concept, but doesn't grab my interest. Not really sure how this fits "portrait".

Unmistakable
by hahn23

Comment:
I don't see anything in the picture capable of pressing the shutter release - on-camera or remote.

Facelessness
by MinsoPhoto

Comment:
Disturbing. The arm is unconsciously in a muscle flex position, and looks healthy and strong. Yet, the appearance of impending suicide indicates a despondency that is stronger than the promise of health, vitality, and potential. Very, very disturbing.

all the lonely people
by tanguera

Comment:
A striking, poignant image, excellently suited to the title.

Apocalypse
by dtremain

Comment:
I was editing merrily away on this when I glanced at the clock. 11:57!! I did a quick resize, save, upload. This is a composite of 4 images. Foreground, background, sky, and court house. I would love to go back and finish the edit. Too much wrong or unfinished with this to even discuss!

Reading "Jan of the Windmill"
by vawendy

Comment:
Your daughter is beautiful, and both pictures are excellent. I especially like the one of her by the window, but both evoke just the right mood. The dress looks fabulously old fashioned and high class. Wonderful work!

Levitation
by mqnaufal

Comment:
Great image. Sorry about the DQ. I understand why you used the stick - banana chunks are a bit heavy to try to levitate on a thread.
I'm guessing acceptability depends on how visibly significant the original was - a thread being pretty insignificant, but the stick being pretty significant. Not sure about the visible in the thumbnail concept - one of my dq's was for a software bug-induced change that was barely visible in the full-sized image, and others have gotten a DQ for something not visible on their monitor (but it was on others').
Regardless, it is still a great image, and was voted highly by the majority of your peers on dpc.

WE NEED NEW REFS! (Oh, sorry, confused DPC with NFL there for a second...)

D A S H
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
To me, he looks like a good sized German Shepard. Very nice shot.

C354CE46
by kirbycarr1

Comment:
Welcome to dpchallenge! Your shot really got hammered in voting, but I like the car - '64 Chevy Malibu, right?

A couple of things going on here that hurt your score - as mentioned in the comments, there is no obvious back lighting (light from behind the left rear of the car). Not meeting the challenge (in voters' opinions) will absolutely kill your score on dpc.

Also mentioned in the comments is needing a more interesting perspective. From the angle of the car, it looks like you were standing, raised the camera to your face, and took a picture. Since digital film is cheap, experiment a little - take a shot from ground level, from squatting down, include just the front and front quarter panel in your shot, get something to stand on, and take a picture looking down at the car.
If you have a choice in location, change where the car is located - for example, in a field, in a park, by the beach, along side a country road, just about anywhere but in a neighborhood with other cars competing with yours for attention - the sidewalk cutting diagonally across the front of the picture, the brush in the lower left corner, the house and phone pole in the background - all distract from your picture.

And, Joe, just a hint here. Many of the voters in these challenges are ladies who are not really interested in cars. To them, this car is just another red car, not something special due to age, year, make, model, condition, etc.
I still submit car pictures, because I like them. But I don't expect anything close to a good score from them. For example, my entry for Old Cars challenge scored under 5.8.


Again, welcome to dpchallenge - I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.