Black and White
by strags

Comment:
This is cool. Black and White taken literally and with good composition, lighting and balance. I feel the spoon is a distraction however. 9. Good luck!

Anticipation
by brianlh

Comment:
Nice. Very nice. 9.

calmness and curls
by claudia26

Comment:
A little too much brightness/contrast? Skin tones seem just a little lost on this monitor. nice composition and pose though. 6.

Dark Portrait
by Coley

Comment:
Hmmm. Dark or not, I really think focus on the eyes rather than chin would have made this better, especially if it slightly softened the chin detail. Cropping is good. 6.

Glass Fountain
by thefly

Comment:
Didn't know tickets to Venus were available already! Where do I get one? :P I love this. First 10 so far this challenge. :) Good luck!

B/W Chess - Thats New !
by saintnicholas_25

Comment:
Good composition and lighting I think. But I'd prefer the focus on the forground most pawn. 7.

the dance
by mrsamsa

Comment:
Had the focus been on the foreground most bird, this woul dhave been excellent. Luck was not on your side this day.

Rasterized side
by aleksi

Comment:
Love the composition and textured. It's a shame basic editing did not permit cloning out those distracting speckles. Contrast perhaps just a tiny bit high. (My LCD monitor, though well calibrated, is unforgiving of such things.) All that said, I like it a lot. 8.

Dangerous curve ahead
by lucascarr

Comment:
This image fascinates me. A first sight I'd say "too much contrast or insufficient light balance." But the softness of the shadow lines and the way it accentuates the back curvature is jsut awesome use of lighting and/or post editing.

That conflict and feelings of needing to look further than first glance make this a delighfully interactive work for me. 8.

Oldie Goldies - Got any of these?
by dmleman

Comment:
There's a clutter here to me, it's crying out for some negative space or something. Nice display of shades, but shadows showing perpective seem awkwardly missing. I'm not sure how you would tend to those issues while maintaining readibilty on the titles.

Lighting and contrast pretty good. A little bright to the left perhaps. 6.