Everlasting
by sekarmalathy

Comment:
This is an interesting looking building, but I don't think you've made the most of the shot. I realise you may be going for something different because you see it all the time, but from my point of view I've never seen it before and feel that you should have taken in the whole building.

Also, I'm guessing that you've done some sort of dodging / burning here but you have ended up with halos around the building which don't help the shot at all.

St Leonards 1120AD
by Mark1966

Comment:
This is a nice well taken shot of this building. The sky is good but I think you somehow need some more drama to set this shot off. Perhaps a different time of the day.

Lady Liberty
by Nobody

Comment:
There's quite a lot of these in the challenge, but this is one of the better ones. I think the reflection has helped this one along a bit. I'm not sure about the lighting, it seems you have some direct front on light which has given the coin a very scratchy silvery look.

I often find when I'm doing a shot of something like this it often ends up better when I use ambient or low lighting and go for longer exposure.

Cape May Light (1859)
by Steef

Comment:
Nice and simple well lit shot. The tree doesn't help but what can you do! I don't know what is in the surrounding area but this might also have been nice if you had taken it in landscape format from further back with a lot of empty blue sky around it.

Blowtorch (Circa 1900)
by GreatJobBob

Comment:
You've done something a little strange with this shot, and my guess is messing with the curves to black out the background (or achieve some other effect) but it has resulted in a weird look to everything which doesn't help at all.

Casina Vanvitelliana (1782)
by Rino63

Comment:
This shot has a lot of nice elements, which for the large part work well together.

I think you may have over sharpened the shot, which is most apparent where the hill in the background meets the sky, there is a very defined edge. Also, there is a quite obvious halo around everything.

Lastly, the colour in the sky, while being nice for a sunset or landscape shot, is a little overwhelming here and detracts from the main subject.

GG's Bible - Christmas, 1896
by 777STAN

Comment:
The book itself certainly looks interesting but there's a lot wrong with the shot.

First and most obvious is what looks like a duvet or sheet in the lower left with what I think is a hand holding it. Next is the background, I'm guessing it's a bed and I'm not sure what made you choose that, I think a desk or stone would have made a much better simpler background to keep emphasis on the book.

Lastly is the way you have chosen to take the shot. For me most of the interest is in the front cover and I think this should have been your main focus, but you have left it at an angle partially covered up and made the focus the hand written text. I can see the need to include the date but I think you could have found a better way to present this.

Miss Marion's Doll
by banmorn

Comment:
This is a very nice well lit portrait of the doll. I'm not completely sure about the black background but otherwise great shot.

Knowledge for the People - 1865
by TallPaul

Comment:
There's too much in this shot. I can see that you are getting at the encyclopaedia, but then you have the lamp in the shot, which isn't really helping.

Also the layout you have chosen for the books might have been better. The part of the spine I can see in one looks really nice, perhaps try lining them all up as in a bookshelf with one lying open on the end, just a suggestion :)

Last Train To Chattanooga
by JulietNN

Comment:
This is a great scene, love the textures in the wood and the colours. You're angle is a little obvious, it might be good to take this from low down next to those wooden floorboards.