Snowshoe Hare
by Enlightened

Comment:
That is one beautiful critter. Well photographed!

A "new" vintage watch
by Giorgio

Comment:
Giorgio! Just saw your name this morning on the DPC list of 2014 participants.

SO glad to see you back. I hope all is well with you.

Your 'old' teammate from Imagination.

Alice

Lovely shot, by the way.

End of Day
by Melethia

Comment:
gorgeous piece of photography, Deb.

Get Well Soon
by Cuttooth

Comment:
Nice to see you on the front page again, and with another splendid image.

a tale of two chairs
by tnun

Comment:
Darn, that,s good.
:)

Are You My Mommy?
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Well, backdoorhippie, "back at ya."

Now it's my turn to critique one of yours!

Going strictly on what you show in the image and your title, whoa: "way too busy" "what's the subject?"
Those are the first questions that come to mind. Then, hey, what a strange mask; a dog's face would fit
in one of those. If I was voting I'd just go with the first 2 observations and keep going.

But looking at it in a critiquing mode - especially with your explanation, I'd just say that you had a great
story to tell, but the story needed to be distilled down to its essentials. There is so much information
in there, the super story was lost. (IMO of course)

Thank you for this image. I did wonder, upon occasion, how the dogs were protected, or even if they were
protected.

s w i r l s
by Ja-9

Comment:
greetings from the critique club!

Edges, indeed! A plethora of them and all in focus and all nicely composed to make a good image.

You received a good score, but not a 'great' score. Why?

Well, except for the voting gods, who know all, I'll hazard one guess.

Where is the point of interest? If there happened to be one large, transparently gorgeous water drop, would that have made folks stop and look at these deep and glorious reds? Or in other words, something to set off these
delightful patterns and hues would have made the voter/viewer say "oh, look at this!" and up the score would go.
(Maybe)

Always fun to look, in depth, at one of your images, Janine. Keep 'em coming.

Fork edge
by clickodak

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

As usual, you have presented a clean and well-composed image, clickodak.
except for just a little color at the bottom of the egg, this image looks nice in black and white.
However, in competition, this may have been a drawback, as it just is not very exciting.

I do wonder what it would have looked like with a more colorful background. And then, the tines
of the fork appear to be a bit worn and well, not beautiful. They did not act as a perfect foil
for that very symmetrical egg.

so, while the lighting was good and the composition was good, the overall effect was not exciting.

And you use color very, very well in your work.

cactus
by tvsometime

Comment:
congratulations on a top ten to go along with your transcontinental journey!

Microcosm
by illini75

Comment:
You're doing splendidly these days, Nancie.
I'm glad to see your work is appreciated.