Getting the Giggles
by Tallbloke

Comment:
Nice tonal qualities. Stands out even as a thumbnail. A 10.

I'm watching you!
by Beetle

Comment:
Love the title. I would not expect eyes on a creature at these locations. Thanks for pointing them out.

Afloat in the Castaic
by movieman

Comment:
I checked the histogram for your picture and there are a substantial number of pixels evenly distributed between black and white although there are a goodly number of pure white and an equally goodly number of pure black pixels. If I increase my monitor brightness hardly at all, the deep black silhouette of the duck starts to lighten.

I believe you and other people all have your monitors set correctly. You just have a greater tolerance for high contrast photos with less aggregate light than dark areas.

I personally try to get my money's worth out of having a camera that can shoot over 6 megapixels of high resolution raw images to leave so many pixels completely black or white.

If the duck had been in a less dark area so the silhouette would have stood out better, you might have had fewer complaints.

DavyB&W-landscape.jpg
by Tallbloke

Comment:
That is a really nice improvement.

Skiff at Sunset — Stage Harbor
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Congratulations Bear. I did not get to see this during challenge. It is truly beautiful. The water is gorgeous as are the reflections. I wouldn't mind sitting a spell holding that fishin' rod.

Alone up there.
by visual28

Comment:
I do not see the subject. So I cannot determine if it is a strong point nor if it is very small. I like the picture very much however, although the border overwhelms. A 4 is ths best I can give.

SMALL, but MIGHTY eye catching (flower in stones)
by jcclucci

Comment:
Very interesting effect. Flower only interesting in that it did not suffer from the movement effect. You appear to have some dust on your image sensor which shows up at high f numbers on light backgrounds.

Button
by ckdake

Comment:
Being way off center works here. Usually I do not like subject so far in corner.

Native Violet
by biggood53

Comment:
I would like this better with pink clover like flower cropped from picture and snail bait applied a few weeks earlier.

ANZAC Day - Remembering a fallen soldier
by hsvhoon

Comment:
Cropping out long shadows would help a lot, as would increasing contrast.