I took this on a VERY cold (29 degrees) afternoon out by the Puget Sound. It got to as cold as 22 degrees, which is very unusal here by the water. I was only out there for about 10 minutes before my hands wouldn't work anymore.
I did some basic adjusting, I am still learning how to do all that stuff...
But, hope everyone likes it...
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Thank you to everyone for all the great comments, I am sorry to disappoint with my inexperience. I did learn something and have read the tutorial, and next time I will not make that same mistake (hopefully, hehe :)
But I am happy that most everyone liked the picture, (except that guy who gave me a "1" and told me to follow directions...) it does make me feel a whole lot better.
This is an intriguing photo with lots of detail that due to the size of the photo I am unable to fully appreciate. There are great tutorials on DPC that walk you step by step on how to process your image to take full advantage of the file size we are allowed on this site. Hopefully your next entry will score better.
I have a hard time with this shot, you have not made the most of it as it loses impact through its size, it needed to be much larger, and I think you will loose a lot of points through that alone.
This looks like it would be a nice image, however due to the size being so small I am unable to see enough detail to judge. Images should really be as close to the allowed size as possible. "File Size: No larger than 150 KB (153,600 bytes). Dimension: No dimension may be shorter than 160 pixels or longer than 640 pixels." Your dimension are 11,912 bytes and 275 x 183 pixels. If you are receiving lower scores then you anticipated it is probably due to the small size of the photo and not the contents.
maybe on your next challenge you'll submit at the max size, 640 on the long side. Looks like this is a nice image, but I can't be sure enough to vote it very highly due to the size.
From the little I can see, it seems to be quite well-composed. Nice diagonal line of the rock formation and the wooden structure seem almost at an interesting vertical third. Unfortunately all other details are lost because of the size. DPC allows up to 640px (you can follow the tutorial available) as long as it doesn't exceed 150kb.
please read the tutorial for preparing images for challenges. you have no doubt lost a lot of votes due to your image size. as best i can tell, this would have scored a LOT higher if the image had been 5x larger. don't be discouraged, and DON'T QUIT! better luck next time.
This could have been an amazing shot if it was sized correctly. Definitely make your longest axis 640 pixels. You've got them, so you might as well use them.
I assume that you're a new user (because of the size of your image) and that you're getting killed on the score (also because of the size). Don't worry! It's not that hard to fix the size issue next time (there's a tutorial available under "Help" - you can ask in the forums if you can't find it), and this looks like it might have been a very nice image if it were larger. I'm sure you'll do much better next time.
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