Sunrise in Mantisville
by Lydia

Comment:
Wow! Sharp Mantis, beautiful color on the flower, and smooth sky bokeh. And a nice/appropriate title too! Nicely done.

? Up ¿ Down ? Sideways ¿
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
Wondeful and confusing set of lines with an apt title :)
Love the converging lines leading to a pattern on the wall. Nice an appropriate B/W conversion as well.
I'm thinking the camera is looking up at the roof?

The Transamerica Pyramid
by claylikethemud

Comment:
Nice high key treatment to the architecture. Love the pattern and the converging lines. Wish there was a teeny bit of breathing room above the focal point though.

Leading the Pack
by ryant35

Comment:
They're all airborne at the same time and at roughly the same height :) Very good action shot! Very hard lighting conditions, and you did a very good job capturing the stopped motion. The noise in the dark sky is the only clue of a high ISO (as is some tiny loss of detail due to noise reduction).

Untitled
by Judi

Comment:
Beautiful portrait of the girl and her pet. Very nice lighting and background. I would've liked a reflector on her back to give a little more definition to the wonderful hair. Fabulous expressions on the girl and the dog!

Vienna
by bcenu

Comment:
Such a wonderful shot, and the first thing I notice is that the horizon is tilted :( My loss for not being able to enjoy the beauty. The moody sky, the expansive foreground leading up to the nice and colorful building - pretty nice. The lamppost is nice on it's own, but doesn't quite gel into the picture well (makes it unbalanced).

Morning Reflection
by cdn1

Comment:
Love the isolated reflection, and the fact that all the striations in the rock are leading up to the house. Wonderful foggy atmosphere as well.

15,000,000th (approx) Water Droplet Image on the Web
by SunriseOnSea

Comment:
I started out with water droplets too, learnt rather quickly that DPC votes them down like crazy :) Especially in a Free Study - I hope you aren't getting hammered.

As an aside, DPC has also seen some extremely quality work in this aspect, so it's hard to match up to that quality to score well. Here's an example of a drop shot that's done well in FS:

Good luck!

Tullip
by tinkie2010

Comment:
Beautiful dew drops on the tulip. I think it's slightly oversaturated though. I just turned down red channel on my monitor and it was looking better. Also, would like a little more breathing space around the flower - right now it looks too crammed in. A very nice still life.

Race the Storm
by ecmguy

Comment:
Very cool perspective - nicely exposed. The title fits very well too. Love the angry sky and its orange reflection in the water on the right. Might've benefited from a person on deck for scale and mood?