1955
by rex

Comment:
I am in awe of this photo. Not only is the subject matter smack dab on, but the treatment of it emulates the style of the day perfectly: the graininess, the static treatment of the subject, the arttificial distance caused by using a short focal lenghth cheep lens, and so on. Truly inspired.

Colonial Water Park (est. 1820's)
by JayWalk

Comment:
Nice Hat. Composition is strong - especially the use of negative space. I like the choice to go with color even thought the temptation would be sepia. Curious about the reason for not using a blur layer to make the highlights glow a little (or is this just and overused cliche?)

1977
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Perhaps if they had you taking photos of your camera, we would see more of these today. Nice shot.

1939
by MozartMoon

Comment:
The wood of the desk and clarinet are beautiful. And the lighting, for the most part works well. The whiteness of the music pages is too strong (we expect paper just twenty years old to be yellow - and even if that's the wrong expectation, the whiteness still overpowers. IMO.) Despite an obvious effort to avoid it, there is a static feel to the composition.

"1967"
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Nice color palette. Nice, perspective. The dull and rainy weather suits the photo perfectly. I would, however, really like to see some details under the car and in the wheel well. Not sure how to do this without compromising the richness of the earthtones that make the photo otherwise good.

1886
by chadb

Comment:
I love the textures of the wood and grass. And I love the shape of the wheel. There is a kind of emptiness to the photo which causes it to grow uninteresting fairly quickly.

1880
by greslizzz

Comment:
I notice that the grass is mowed in a direction parallel to the wooden bench.

nineteen-thirty-eight
by bikefreak

Comment:
Wow. The composition is super and so are the other technical details (mostly.) I even like the frame. Very nice.

Not sure what the editing rules were for the challenge, but I do wish those lines in the background were gone - the paucity of detail in the subject tempts the eye to wonder off to malinger on those insignificant details.

1900 an entire century
by Luifer_9d9

Comment:
It's a nice choice of subject - great pose. Not clear why so much negative space above the subject's head - especially the shiny white water that distracts us from the subject. I'd have liked to see just a bit more highlight in the subject's face.

1930
by oOWonderBreadOo

Comment:
Nice subject, nice perspective, nice choice to present in sepia.
Quibbles: There is more fuzziness in parts of the car than one would expect from such a short lens; and while this level of sharpness might be the perfect thing in other formums or media, the photo is, IMO, unsharp by the conventions of this site.