Sound Ring
by jbirkman

Comment:
The problem with a bowl shaped speaker is, well it kind of looks like a bowl. I love the shot and the vibration visual created with a fantastic shade of blues. Most appreciated color I've seen all challenge. It even surpassed the blue bird I rated much earlier. I wanted more punch and I think this is such a great close-up; Added composition may have bumped up my score if you could have the same shot with someone somehow facing the music. The white halo looks like underwater bubbles. Great shot.

Ommmm
by eriking

Comment:
At first glance I saw lack of focus in the lense but then realised it was a singing bowl and bam...the bottom of the bowl just sprang to light and I forgot the notion of sound looking at lines and shapes in the bottom of the bowl. Good effort but I miss the sense of movement making sound and I am definitely not a fan of the three white background photos I've rated to date.

Music - The sound of feelings..
by DigiFotoBuddy

Comment:
Great photo, hate frames, top pick and second place in all the photos I've rated so far. I seem to enjoy the photos where nobody is saying anything and the focus is squarely on the pitch and sound of an instrument. I prefer guitars but your composition is excellent and could be repeated with any struming instrument with success. Thanks for sharing.

Bowing under pressure - A last-minute, first entry!
by kb4553

Comment:
I must say that the bright notes really distrack a lot from the instrument and the musician. I like the clarity of the strings and wooden arch below crossed by the swaying bow. I can't hear the sound because the bright lights are pulling me away from any scene of sound that may have been played. It's like a movie that tells your more than the whole story and forgets that we like a little suspense. Our imagination of what is heard between the strings can be much lounder than any glaring light shaped notes. I really loved some photos I've rated as much as yours simply because you embraced the theme of sound better but they seemed to handle the technical aspect the the medium better than you...for now. Good luck with the challenge.

HPN - High Power Noise
by keyz

Comment:
Reminds me of Saturday Nights Live performance. Those actors of improve extraordinaire have a few things they could learn from you. Way too weird for me to comment other than stop making all that noise. Your giving me a headache. And here I was looking to more noise in the calm and subtle entries that I've rated so far. I take it back. Give me some quiet noise form now on. Good entry. There is no mistaking that wide open mouth for anything other than sound, sound and sound. Body too centered in the photo could have been sweeter to one side. The color seemed a little off but I could be falling to the spell of rock and metalic roll. Good luck.

A whispery chorus of crickets and bullfrogs, with a faint rustling of leaves.
by glad2badad

Comment:
It don't mean a thing if I can't hear a thing. I want to be there in person. I love frogs and critters that make sounds I can't even discribe. I would have enjoyed the moment of sound had it been taken at dusk or dawn when the insects and such belt out in resounding song. This is a great tranquil scene and I want to go sitting in that bench on the right but after twelve votes, I am waiting for someone to make some noise. Good luck. PS I had to read the title before grasping your notion of sound vs caption.

Is There Anybody Out There ??
by mrbig65

Comment:
Hmmm! The teeny tiny sound of an egg cracking open for the first time. At first glance I though no way will I give a decent score for sound. The more I looked at this photo, I remembered the movie far and away where a little girl was slowly listening in amazement at geese being hatched and the sound was amplified in stereophonic splendor and orchestration. I love that movie as I slowly started to love your photo. It may be too centered for my taste and I did just finished running away from voting for a shockingly fanatic dog entry. Good effort. I am still looking for a less subtle sounding photo with a noisy bang and clang. Yours is smooth and nice and gets the smooth and nice sounding score. Thanks for sharing.

Bailey, Singing For Her Supper
by dtallakson

Comment:
Insanity lies here. I'm very scared now. I hate scarry movies and this puppy is making me nervous. I love friendly dogs and I think I can hear this one bark or howl but I just can't keep my eyes on him long enough to capture the moment. I have to go now and by the way, I really hate the no background but white effect. Good luck in the challenge.

Chromonica 270
by swallace

Comment:
Love the chrome, the closeness, being able to read the numbers and the letters and now top three on my list so far but I am still looking for that photo where someone is actually playing that thing to death. You could have been a contender if you had dared to play a few notes. My favorite music photo so far.

B u d
by Cuttooth

Comment:
I really don't like this photo. I guess looking into someones ear is not my cup of tea. I am a coffee drinker after all... but I must confess that I must give you higher marks due to the nailing of the challenge being Sound. I just finished giving very poor scores to fantastic looking photos yet you best them with this basic in your face, see it everyday on the busbudology theme. Luck.