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

winter web
by nordic

Comment:
Beautiful abstract. Like strings of jewels. Nice choice of blue colour cast. Nice use of shallow DOF. 8

The Stalker
by aznym

Comment:
I liked this very much when I first saw it during a thread on impressionism and like it still. It conveys absolutely a sense of the moment, a sense of the sound, smell and feel of that wet rain and the motivation of that rushed individual racing along the street. Composition works well. Strong lighting is well used. 8

Split Ends
by geewhy

Comment:
Beautiful use of lighting to make these hairs into such a strong visual element. The graduated background works well, especially in the way that the main division between dark and light echoes the position of the barbed wire. Composition nie though feels a touch tight on the left. 8

"The Kiss"
by bongo

Comment:
A masterful image that conveys such a huge amount in such a minimal way. It really taps into that shared western cultural history of romantic black and white films and also speaks to us of our fond memories of dancing with loved ones. A superbly simply yet affective image. 8

Fallen
by elsapo

Comment:
What a beautiful image - wonderful colour and immediacy!

Kojo...
by Tranquil

Comment:
Another lovely portrait of Kojo. Beautiful.

I'm a little unsure of the white blobs that seem to affect both the background of the image area and the border area too? Is that an affect of the scanning?