Ground up at sunset
by Shaurya

Comment by rinac:
Not quite sure what went wrong for you here. Oversharpening? Too much contrast? Bad compression? Such a shame though, it appears to have been a beautiful scene you captured there.

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by Arancha:
Congratulations for your top 20 finish. Too bad you couldn't get your 6 ... but keep trying, I am sure you will get it real soon :)

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by hanneke:
owwww,... ALMOST a 6...!

This was one of my top pics from the challenge, and I thought it was a great idea. Congrats on the top 20!

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by arati_halbe:
Congratulations on the top 20!

I am a bit bothered with the angle of the paper, but a nice shot

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by SDW:
Very clever and nicely done

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by hubbardr1:
Very cool. How?

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by Schuff:
Hahah, nice idea. Wonder where this could've come from? =o
If not, magical len's think alike!

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by sbrian123:
Nifty. (But the color cast is a bit flourescent for my taste.)

Magic Lens that converts Binary BITS to Letters
by Shaurya

Comment by rjkstesch:
It's a great idea. The angle on the glass and the angle of the letters seem to be at odds with each other. It has the feel that something is off. Still interesting.

Dissolution
by Shaurya

Comment by DrAchoo:
OK, this took me a while to get to. Sorry. But you were over the 10-picture limit. ;)

I'm not sure what your PP steps were, but my first impression technically is that it is soft. Using some USM may have made it stand out quite a bit better.

It works fairly well as an abstract. Just FYI, abstracts tend to not do as well on DPC. Just a fact of life, but not something that should dissuade you should you want to enter one. The extreme vertical crop works nicely. I guess in the end I feel there isn't quite enough to hold the eye. We take it in and move on fairly quickly (as evidenced by the 92 5-votes).

Keep plugging away though. 5.5 on your second challenge isn't bad at all.