Three are one
by olimar

Comment:
Usually the personal portraits don't appeal to me - they are often too focused on the emotive and personal meanings with too little attention paid to composition, light and aesthetic appeal. This one is different - the lighting is really excellent, so too is the composition and it's at the same time a very intimate and personal portrait and a universal image.

Evolve
by grigrigirl

Comment:
What an artistic and striking image. I love the way the thin material looks like an image projected on to her body and almost creates an illusion of double explsure. Expression on her face and simple, tilted composition both work well as does the highly orange colour cast.

A Simple Love
by Artyste

Comment:
This is the Blue Ribbon in my eyes...
The lighting is inspired - the kid looks like an angel bathed in heavenly light - and that's coming from an atheist!!!
It's a beautiful, touching, universal image.

IMG_8178-1.jpg
by allankent

Comment:
Would be stronger without the visible pen lines which were presumably added as an aide to positioning the pins?
Focus is soft at the left - DOF too shallow (in my opinion) for this pic.

Message edited by author 2005-08-17 10:25:45.

Some kind of rodent
by allankent

Comment:
Meerkat.

1955
by rex

Comment:
Clever idea to make it look as though the image itself was taken in 1955. I imagine a few folks will be decrying that the content is meant to represent the year not the look of the finish but I kind of like it. On the other hand, content wise it's the kind of image that is just a family album snapshot - someone's new car etc. If it were real I might possibly have vague interest as historical record but in 2005? I just can't find any appeal in the contents OUTSIDE of the fact that it meets the challenge, if that makes sense. What I mean is that if I were giving 5/5 for meeting challenge and 5/5 for appealing to me in it's own right, I'd give 5 and 1. Goodness but I'm rambling away a la Kavey. I'll stop now. :o)

Moon Glow
by Chez

Comment:
Is that the moon at the top right or a serendipitous refraction of light? I'm guessing moon but I like that it could be either. Great nightscape colours. Simple composition but lots of detail. Has a real atmosphere to it.

Time to go in Doris
by whiteroom

Comment:
Wow, what a lovely portrait. One of the few images of woodies that has a really palpatable sense of emotion. Wonderful, wonderful lighting, the lines of the light and rain are so clear. Great background. Lovely texture of the wet surface bricks/ tiles. Nice composition. All good!

Splashy Reflection
by marmalade1121

Comment:
Great use of reflection and interesting cropping. I think I quite like the lack of head - creates an abstract and anonymous feel. Selective desat works too.

High Humidity
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
I like your crop and use of negative space. The high contrast black and white also works well. Also like the lines created by the rain drops falling during the exposure. Nice job!