Gorgeus eyes
by DogAngel

Comment:
Agreed on all accounts with the previous commenters! There is a very soulful quality to this image, and its all there in the eyes. The composition is good and I like the simplicity of it, the way the boy's face is turned slightly really offsets the eyes and gives them an even bigger impact AND I think it highlights the curve of his cheek and chin, hinting at a certain vulnerability. Excellent capture. I'm definitely adding it as a favorite.

Aeon
by Rikki

Comment:
Very nice. While looking almost unrealistically smoothed, she also has a very striking resemblance to Angelina Jolie. Beautiful.

Rebel Yell
by jaxed

Comment:
Simply a great image. The attitude, the lighting, the focus, the background, the outfit, and that lovely face with a definite sassy rebel look. The POV you chose is different and excellent too. One of my few favorites. Brilliant. I gave a 10.

1983 - Relax (don't do it)
by KHolt

Comment:
Heh, poor cube. I like the idea, especially when coupled with that Relax song (Tommy TuTone?). The colors are a little bland and the lighting is a bit harsh.. making that odd yellowy undertone on the background. The focus on the front items is pretty good but I'm finding the background cubes to be more distracting than adding interest - possibly because they are out of focus due to the shallow DOF and they are such a large object in relation to the front cubes. Also there are some odd bits on the back cube clump that draw my eye. I'm not sure if that's glue or compression artificats or what. I do like the image and the idea behind it, just a few things (as mentioned above) that I'd suggest changing (if possible!) if you were to reshoot. I gave a 4.

Radical 1880's Ladies Under Garment Support (iso800@1/20)
by benhur

Comment:
Its an interesting take on the challenge, and the subject itself has a certain interest and grace. Unfortunately I think the image suffers from a lack of adequate lighting and poor composition. It appears it may be part of a museum display which if that's the case, its easy to understand how lighting and what not couldn't be adjusted. The focus is pretty good but the lighting flattens everything and the great shadows/lines of the subject are lost. Also the edge on the left and the piece of material in the background do not add to the image so instead they end up taking away from it. I don't have any suggestions on how to make it better if you were to reshoot I'm afraid, since it does look like it was part of a display. Tough capture! I gave a 3

The belt
by marvin

Comment:
Great image! I love the tones, the metallic nature is captured wonderfully and the whole image shimmers. THe lighting is great to me, a few minor hot spots but nothing overwhelmingly bad. The focus is good, but I do find the bit that's out of focus on the left a tad distracting, especially when the rest of the image is in such good focus. I don't know whether people understand the connection to the 80's so I hope you aren't suffering from DNMC comments. I think its great. Nicely rendered! I gave a 7.

Purple Rain
by bowhenn

Comment:
Beautiful rose but I'm not seeing a connection to the Prince song really other than the title and thus not seeing the connection to the 80's. I even checked the official Purple Rain album cover art to make sure I wasn't misremembering the imagery on there and thus missing a connection.

Technically a lovely image, meeting of the challenge, not so much. I gave a 6 due to the photo itself, had there been some way it met the challenge (in my estimation) I'd have likely given higher.

[1983] CDs go on sale - [1988] CDs now outsell vinyl records
by goc

Comment:
Hm.. I like the abstract nature of this, but I probably wouldn't have guessed they were CDs without the title. Its a very simple image but the coloring with the darkness to the left and the border give it a nice impact. I even like the muted feel of the neon-ish color. In the challenge vein, its impact is a bit lessened, but on its own as an abstract picture I do love it. No idea why there's a difference, but there is! I gave a 6.

Meltdown
by rembo

Comment:
Great impact! How'd ya get the lettering in the ice? I like the play on the words with the cold/ice and I like how it shows the war's end with the melting. The color is not my favorite but I do think it gives the image a boost of drama. I'm not sure about the lighting. I feel like the whole image should be completely lit but.. it does work as is. My favorite portion of the image is the droplet in the "L". Nice. I gave a 6.

The Empire strikes back
by caba

Comment:
Nice! I love the background the most. Adding in those storm troopers to the back but having them fuzzed out with the shallow DOF really adds to the image in my estimation. The lighting and focus look great, and I like the composition for the most part. I do wish though that the hand was either completely in the picture, or the crop was made right before where the fingers on that left side start so we aren't as "aware" of what we're missing so it doesn't grab the eye. Well done! I gave a 6.