Chicken-On-A-Beer-Can
by hideout

Comment:
my friends call this "beer butt chicken"

Fish Market
by caba

Comment:
a little dark, but a great capture.

Girl from Ipanema
by whiteroom

Comment:
this is a great photograph. very well-done.

Green & Gold
by BrianR

Comment:
i don't like the use of selective desaturation here.

Vendor at the Market
by Jean

Comment:
this is a great shot, but i don't see a crowd?

Bug off!
by LevT

Comment:
great lighting work here.

Red Rock Jeep Adventures
by JPR

Comment:
you're on a roll, man! this freakin' rocks!

Pink sonata
by crayon

Comment:
congrats on your first blue!

Morning Dew
by Pooba

Comment:
CRITIQUE CLUB!

well, there's not a lot i can say about this great image. it's really well-done and was perfect for this challenge.

the only comments i have are that the bright white area to the left pulls the viewer's eye that way somewhat, and the shapes in the background also detract from the web itself (i keep wondering what that is back there?) i wonder if recomposing the shot so that the web and drops are the only significant shapes would give it more impact? just curious.

in any case, congrats on a fine shot and your first ribbon.

bars and concrete
by blacksheep

Comment:
CRITIQUE CLUB!

i think the use of the bars and the shadows is a very effective way to meet this challenge. an image with such striking lines as this one would work well. however, there are a couple of things that might be better.

cropping the image so that the lower right corner might help, as that bit of wall (?) detracts from the patterns in the rest of the image. it would also be more effective if the shadows were only of the bars in the fence; the large shadow towards the top takes away from the rest of the shadow pattern. finally, the image itself is a little small. something like this with strong lines and good patterns deserves a larger canvas. plus, lots of voters tend to vote down images that don't meet the 640px maximum size in at least one direction.

good choice of topic, though. keep shooting!

rob