Made in U.S.A.
by Kari48

Comment:
Nice textures and angles. The parts in the bright sun are a little washed out.

The Proletariat
by CarpeLumen

Comment:
Love the flowers. Great colors and nice DOF on them. The body of the bee is great, but the one wind has some highlights and the other sort of disappears wiht the angle here.

Honolulu Sunset
by chalice

Comment:
Pretty shot. I like the rays of the sun and the motion of the waves. Perhaps offsetting the sun from the center would give it more impact.

I'm ready for my close-up...
by SoulMan1978

Comment:
Wow. This works well. The nice crisp focus and the clarity of the eye work well.

Alone
by dwterry

Comment:
Very edgy and cool. Like the red on the shirt. I am mixed on the vignette. The wheels in the front seem out of place.

Just Chillin'
by Donna21

Comment:
Very clear and crisp focus. Nice composition. Upper grass looks noisy or pixelated.

Peek a Boo!
by LiamD2005

Comment:
I actually love that is the back of the dog and how the red collar stands out. The negative space on the right is nice as well and you could have cropped away more of the left and it would have worked as well. I think the background grass tends to blur more to a neutral color than a niceer looking bright color. I did not vote but this a 6 to me, so 5.3 sounds about right.

The Goblin King Contemplates
by Purple_Girl

Comment:
Great idea -- Kudos. Wonderful lighting on the King's head and arm. Flash highights on chest detract. The DOF on the background is nice, although it bit faded -- TV screen maybe?

The Bog of Eternal Stench -- "Smellllsss Baaaaddd"

~Reflections of a Purple Plasmatini~
by Damzel

Comment:
The photo for me is mixed. I like the concept, but do not feel any part of it jumps out at me. While the result is colorful, none of the bands of colors stands out to draw your eye. The colors all seem a little random, perhaps some more symeetry would have helped. The highlights on the glass and bottem of the orange part detract a bit. I agree with the prior comment about changing to a horizontal crop would have made a huge difference. BTW finishing in the top half of any DPC challenge is always a good thing!

Olympic Gold by Two Beak Lengths
by ErikV

Comment:
Great idea and well executed. Perhaps backing all the ducks up an inch so that the lead duck beak is just touching the finish line would improve the composition and story.