Activist
by markwiley

Comment:
A remarkable capture. The color tones perfectly complement the flag colors, lending this composition a subtly patriotic feel. Very evocative of the subject's inner world and the interruption to "life as usual" that this moment represents.

Edited by author on 2025-04-21 20:26:58

Tuba Trio
by bassbone

Comment:
Ha! I used to play one of those once upon a time.

Three of a kind
by KissakiMan

Comment:
I love this composition. Its beautifully executed. Unfortunately, the reflections (on glass?) do take me out of it just a bit. On the whole, however, a unique and striking perspective!

Edited by author on 2025-04-10 20:43:38

Oddities
by Neat

Comment:
For me, at least, this is possibly as perfectly composed as still life ever gets. it's just so tactile.

North coast ride
by Paul

Comment:
This one took my breath away.

Still Life with Fruit
by DistantColours

Comment:
I'd describe this as "academically compelling." And I mean that as high praise. This feels like it belongs in a textbook dealing with how one artistic medium can pay homage to another.

Towards the Capitol
by Paul

Comment:
I love the expressionist tone of this art piece. I'm not sure I would describe it as "painterly" so much as "visually distressed" or "grungy," but it's very compelling for me either way. One of my favorites this challenge.

Midnight Swim
by vawendy

Comment:
This is the epitome of a photo that never stops feeling distinctly like a photo yet simultaneously works at the level of a Rembrandt painting. One of my top three this challenge.

All That Jazz
by nam

Comment:
Oh, wow. This is something special. One of my favorites this challenge, to be sure.

For some reason, when I look at it, I (entirely subjectively) picture the composition cropped a bit more abstractly--perhaps just above the pianist's chin--hinting more at the energy of the music itself as the subject of the image than the identity of the musician. If that makes sense.

A Stroll in the Garden
by jomari

Comment:
This one feels like the very definition of one way of interpreting this challenge--and one of my top three overall. I would never have seen this and known right away that it was a photograph to begin with. It just feels like a sentimental, artistically compelling visual composition.

For me, this is nearly perfect exactly as it is. But I do wonder if raising the black level would deepen the vignette effect of the shadows at the edges of the composition and really make your subject pop just a bit more.