Private Thoughts
by cheegirl

Comment:
A very fine, evocative image. The composition is really very, very good. The thing I like best about this work is that you obviously knew what you had here, and so you excluded everything that wasn't it! The photograph is all the more powerful for that decision. 9.

Desert Tendrils
by crabappl3

Comment:
This is a beautiful, artistic image. This is almost certainly not what you were intending, but I can't help seeing it as a Pink Floyd album cover. It has the same stark, simple yet deeply layered quality as the best of their music. 9.

thinking
by arsenal

Comment:
Interesting how the most prosaic of subjects and the simplest of set-ups can result in a memorable and powerful image if (but only if) the original idea is a worthy one, clearly expressed and sympathetically executed. This is one of those! 9.

Window
by FranziskaLang

Comment:
A very appealing photograph; interesting in spite of its apparent simplicity. 8.

Nightstalker
by Imagineer

Comment:
A memorable, elegant photograph - brilliant composition and processing. And all of the comparitively spectacular major structural elements nevertheless play only a supporting role to the tiny, distant human figure! This is a confident and instructive work. 10.

after midnight - bus shelter in frost
by visaksen

Comment:
I love the somehow sci-fi feel of this shot, and also the sparse composition. One of the rare occasions in 'street photography' when the addition of a human figure would actually detract from the impact of the photograph. 8.

The fashionism of...
by Aron5109

Comment:
The great quality of this for me is its very cleverly disguised complexity. First glance shows a very fine, contemporary-looking glamour shot of an appealing model. Second examination, however, reveals a sly quality of subtle parody about the main subject. Her pose, her facial expression, and even her odd wristband all suggest a whiff of satire. Then there's the sharp and confident composition, which once again turns out to be only the surface layer ... beneath it lie some wicked little details, such as the reflected legs and the puzzlingly impossible 'reflected' multiple images of the model. The lighting and the processing are terrific, too ... just bold enough to be avant-garde, but not so over-the-top as to become surreal. I think this is the most artistically ambitious and the most intellectually challenging image in the challenge, and I therefore like it the best. 10.

Shadow Of Light
by gsal

Comment:
Terrific composition of light, texture & colour. It's simple at first glance, but actually has a charm and harmony that the thoughful viewer cannot dismiss easily; it really rewards a few moments' study, which I think is a sure sign of a very fine photograph. 9.

Metropolitan Museum of Art 6:00AM
by JPR

Comment:
Somehow, the fact that this is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art lends this image a bittersweet complexity that would not be so poignant if it was shot instead at some undistinguished pile of bricks. What it would still be, however, is a very good and interesting candid photograph. 9.

Fanelli's Cafe, Soho
by pawdrix

Comment:
There's something very welcoming and even comforting about this, Steve. It takes the viewer on a nice tour, starting from the couple at the kerb, reaching up to the neon sign, sliding across the awning, tumbling down the light-coloured column next door, then slipping along the top of the SUV to the walking guy, who directs us in through the window with nothing more than a glance! I like it; it makes me think 'neighbourhood'. I also like the fact that the walking guy, although not immediately visually prominent, is actually a very important element of the image. I agree with Sher ... this is really good street photography.