A Scheme of Things
by raish

Comment:
A little out of focus

Precision and Grace
by JamesKW

Comment:
The saturation of the background seems weird - pixilated.

Live and Let Die
by Mr_Pants

Comment:
I love this picture, but it doesn't really show the bird's wings so I can't give you a 10.

Which Way José
by lynnesite

Comment:
I love this picture, although the spacing feels a little off - like there's no real way to make this fit the rule of thirds. It seems a little too close to the center the way it is because the wings are so much bigger than the body, but if it were farther towards the edge I don't think it would have looked right either. May have been better as a freestudy entry, but congrats on the top 10 anyway! It's a great shot, rule of thirds or not.

The Prophet
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
lol, I JUST searched for the Cannon 85mm 1.8 lens and then read the last comment you got from Mark Simms... The pictures are amazing.

My Beautiful Belle
by TheStick

Comment:
Awww, looks just like my dog Bryher when I got him! Now he's 2 1/2. See him here: www.dogster.com/?67522 (he's also featured in many of my portfolio pictures).

As for technical comments - the picture is a bit out of focus, the background is distracting, and there are a few color problems. I'd lighten shadows, darken highlights, and increase both midtone and overall contrast. Then turn down the saturation a bit (you might even desat the magenta channel completely). The background isn't great - I personally often like backgrounds in shots to give them context, but by and large the DPC voters don't (I've been bashed many a time) so it might be better to take a lower angle and get only the sky behind the dog or put the dog in front of something more neutral (like a wall). Even though I like stuff in the background, this one is problematic because it's so much brighter than the dog that it steals attention - you might want to burn it to make it less noticable, or apply a blur effect to it (but select out the dog first so the dog doesn't get more blurred). Then the photo needs some sharpening - it would probably be most effective to sharpen just the face and chest, but USM over the whole thing would be okay, too. In the future, this type of picture would work best when the dog is looking at the light rather than backlit because you lose his/her features (you could also use a reflector, but if your dog is like mine, who has time to set one up when the dog's running all over).

Red the light and dark the night, I feel my dawn is near. ("Embryo")
by donenright

Comment:
A little too dark, IMO.

The Final Cut (Waters departing Pink Floyd)
by De Sousa

Comment:
One of the technically best pictures for sure. I don't love the lighting on the drain stopper, but that would have been hard to get right.

"Goodbye Blue Sky"
by FleaNZ

Comment:
Why include the streetlight? Was there anything you could have done that was not lit that would have given a silouette (sp?)?

Careful with that axe, Eugene
by patry

Comment:
Uhh, is there ALREADY gore on the axe? Ew. :)
Focus is a little soft and there's some noise on the wall.