Busker Girl
by MAK

Comment:
Absolutely excellent use of this architectural detail to create frames within the image for the girl and the guitar. The composition just shouts out and the image is highly creative to boot. My only criticism would be of the yellow within the border since it doesn't echo a colour from within the image I find it somewhat glaring. If you prefer a colour rather than grey or white, I'd try the green from the guitar instead. 8

A tear for every death
by nagangel

Comment:
Lovely vibrancy and immediacy to this shot. Many macro/ macro-style shots don't achieve that. Lovely! 8

Three Times Not Lucky
by magnus

Comment:
Simple, strong composition and nicely exposed. The image works well on both an emotional and visual level. 8

Two Zebras
by dsa157

Comment:
Oooh it's a couple of Grevy's zebra! Beautiful!
Really nice use of a natural pattern to create a strong abstract. The waved line of the spine of the animal in the foreground really creates an excellent composition.
Very nice! 8

Morning Sunbather
by nsoroma79

Comment:
Delightful bird portrait! I like the way we have the front breast of the bird, a slightly opened wing with the feather pattern clearly visible and the side of the head showing lots of eye and crown detail. An exceptionally appealing pose from the bird. The composition is just perfect with just the right amount of wood to green background ratio. Really lovely shot. 8

La Chaise
by Beagleboy

Comment:
Stark, emotive, high impact black and white. The high contrast works well to emphasise both the spotlight and the inky blackness surrounding it. I like the use of lots of negative space to emphasise the loneliness of that position. The soft detail of brick behind the chair definitely adds something. Lovely! 10

Games children play
by arpita

Comment:
I recognise this - I remember recommending this very crop. I think it works really, really well because of that strong diagonal intersecting the lower corner. The toning is a little too orange for my tastes, I think it would better suit a more subtle yellowey-brown sepia-like tone. 9
It's a lovely capture of a moment frozen in time. I'm sure many of us can identify with how utterly engrossed in his own world the little boy is at this moment.

Can't 'ear you.
by Pedro

Comment:
What an absolutely marvellous portrait. Reminiscent of images from the dawn of the photographic era yet still utterly appealing today. I like the high contrast, the harsh lighting, the composition, the background and, of course, the model and his pose and expression. 10
What a superb image!

Bound
by jenesis

Comment:
Beautiful study of a small detail supported by well considered desaturation and toning. Also a nice use of light and shadow to communicate shape, texture and setting. 8

Chemistry
by Alecia

Comment:
Highly sensuous image. Excellent use of shadow to give a less explicit and more dreamy ambience to the image. The man's face feels much too tightly cropped into the corner of the frame - would prefer more space below. 8