George Washington Bridge Pre-Facelift
by BikeRacer

Comment:
In reply to your request in the forums: I scored this a 7. Overall, it seems like a good picture, especially the composition is powerful to me. Some details that could account for the low score you received: lighting on the underside of the bridge is uneven, is that reflections from the water? Also the lines between the bridge and the cables from which it is hanging seem out of focus, maybe because they're moving (you don't specify shutter speed, so I may be wrong here). And the fact that the sky in the bottom left corner isn't as saturated as the rest makes this less than perfect. I do feel that these details aren't major, your overall score seems a bit low to me.

Pretty in Pink
by tyt2000

Comment:
Very nice capture with good lighting. However, desaturating the background was not really necessary to make the bird the focal point of the image. To better tie in with the challenge you could have used more background, would have made contrast between bird and background more apparent. Nevertheless, very good picture. 7

Cutting Edge
by maelms

Comment:
I'm hesitating between "Great!" and "Yuck!" Since it's so good technically I'll settle for "Great!" Would have liked to see a little bit more space at the bottom. 8

Catch
by Firsty

Comment:
Wow, great capture! Pity that the selective desat is a bit messy around the arms and hands, I know how difficult and time-consuming that can be to get it right. I would have cropped a bit more from the bottom and the right to have the guys at thirds of the image. An alternative would have been to include more at the bottom to give a sense of space and height. 7

John Deere
by agrimace

Comment:
Very effective! The glare down the middle is a bit distracting, would have been nice if you could have eliminated that.

Stained Glass Reverence
by slingshot

Comment:
The idea is nice, but two things bother me a bit: the window looks unsharp, and the bottom is cropped too close, as if you accidentally chopped it off.

Incognito in a world of colour
by dhare

Comment:
Fun, technically very good. Slight improvement maybe by putting the fish off-center, to give the impression of a complete ocean he's swimming into.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment:
Cute! I think I would have liked this more either completely in color, or with the kids selectively in full-color with only the background desaturated. That's a lot of work, I know, but as it is now the kids look rather bland, which is a pity because the image is great.

Just For DPC Winners (So I have To Try and Try and Try....)
by Mona

Comment:
Great composition! Pity the foot of the glass is slightly out of focus because of your shallow DOF. Having only the top of the glass in color would have taken my attention away from that, might have been more effective overall.

Red Golden Delicious
by Chiqui

Comment:
Nice idea, pity it seems slightly unsharp.