Out of Thin Winter Air
by JPR

Comment:
Nice use of effect! One head is a bit overlapping, but works quite well overall!

Why
by kennyt

Comment:
My girlfriend liked the idea, the simplicity but I hate the tones and don't get almost anything at all from the image.

THREE BRANCHES
by hauntingimagez

Comment:
This is perhaps the worst image on the challenge. The light is awful and it has pushed the tones very unsatisfying. The only good color contrast shines in cut branch and that makes me wonder what exactly are the three branches as the trees are full of branches and there's even more branches on the background. The house on the background is falling backwards. The composition doesn't really highlight what's the photographers point here. I'm sure you had good intentions, but I'd say there's lot of potential for you to develop your senses by retaking this image. Choose better lighting, experiment with dozens of different compositions and arrangements with this exactly same subject, work on the image when it's on the computer by chaning it levels, diminishing the unneeded background etc. Then compare to this take, and I'm sure you'll get some "hmm...Hmmm..." -moments!

3 guys 3 zing
by jjbeguin

Comment:
The guy and the chair are marvellous and perfect for a subject on their own, but the background doesn't add up meaningfully. The other people are quite a bit of stretch so the image doesn't fit too well on this theme. I'd like to give you much higher number, but can't in this category. And you'll make the image better by reconsidering the tones on the ice (and border).

flytrap
by grahamp

Comment:
Almost feels like these are animals on their own :).

-3-
by mbardeen

Comment:
This is extremely nice. Composition works, and the idea is great. If only the bottommost spike wouldn't shine that much nor the leave glow that much on the bottom part (the top part is great)!

"I'm all in"
by hdogg4u

Comment:
Harsh light works surprisingly well. Usually these kind of images would be trashed by the flash. The ring doesn't fit with it's high contrast and almost out of image position. Background, on the contrary, is marvellous!

Trinity
by cadbike

Comment:
We're tilting here, or at least the feeling is so. Image is simple in a good way, if maybe a bit uninteresting. Also the general feeling is quite gray.

3x The Solution
by bruski

Comment:
I have absolutely no idea what these are, but I'm surprised how well does the harsh light work here. I don't like seemingly burned areas, but the compostion is very intriguing if maybe a bit too unbalanced.

Triangles
by fplouffe

Comment:
There's definitely some triangles here. But what's the reason for the thin "light-rays" from the top to the bottom like what one can see on sky when sun shines through the broken clouds. Composition is surprisingly stabile compared to the position of main triangle, the sharp end of shadown and the unstable position of the triangle.