Time of Death II
by nards656

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I have a hard time seeing the gun because it matches the background color so much. The watch is much better, but it suffers from some out of focus portions. I was out of town and could not vote, but I probably would have scored this a 5 or 6, pretty much like most people. I like the idea well enough, but the lighting and focus just don't allow you to quite carry this off IMHO.

Don't Feed the Gators
by ericwoo

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Interesting photo. I see you used a zoom lens. I hope you were on the 200mm end of that one given the subject. This certainly meets the Green requirement of the challenge. The murkiness of the water is a bit distracting...like having too noisy or grainy a picture. I was out of town and couldn't vote, but would have probably put this down as a 6.

Gamma
by Louis

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I like the simplicity of this shot and the bokeh. The textures are good, but the light is a bit flat IMHO. I was out of town and didn't vote on this one. I probably would have gone with a 5 or 6.

Dollhouse
by Louis

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I'm sorry to say this one doesn't work for me. On my monitor I can barely see beyond the light on the floor. I didn't even notice the back wall during voting because it was so dark. I didn't get the feeling of an empty room at all. On the otherhand the doll is kind of scary.

Lily
by Melethia

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I like this photo's use of bokeh. Very effective IMHO. On the otherhand, I thought a couple of the white petals were a bit washed out. This is not my favorite of your work by a long shot. I gave it a 5 because it seemed average to me.

Fog, lights
by Melethia

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Nice, simple shot. However I am not sure I get the feeling of desolation. I was not able to vote, but would probably been in the 5 - 6 range.

Stair shadow
by Melethia

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Excellent picture. Wonderful abstract. Super colors and lines. Nice textures. Obviously I am not the only one who thought so, given your high ranking. Well done. I have no idea how to improve on this image. I would have scored this an 8 or 9 had I not been out of town.

Rebridged
by Melethia

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This is much better than your original bridge shot, with much more going on in this photo. The postprocessing really makes this photo IMHO. I was out of town and could not vote in this challenge. But I would have given it a 7, possible 8. I'm a sucker for soft postprocessing.

Earth tones
by Melethia

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I like this picture. The color and focus are very strong. The lighting seems a bit harsh to me, though. ...I can imagine the table lamp with the shade removed sitting on the floor just out of the frame. A little softer light would have worked better IMHO. I am one of the 94 who scored this a 6. (Interestingly, I chose an earth tone setting for my shot, too. Yours, however is much better.)

Sixty one seconds
by timfythetoo

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I loved the blues in this photo...and I think the color carries the whole picture. But I had problems with this photo. It seems to me that the focal point is hard to find...is it the boat on the right or the horizon buildings or the sky or the water. I can't tell and my eye is drifting all over this photo - admiring the blue but not able to rest anywhere. Also the buildings and their lights seem out of focus, which is important because my eye wants to rest there...if only because the soft lines in the sky lead down to the buildings and the shoreline on both sides of the picture do the same thing. Perspective seems to draw me to the buildings and their lights, and I am disappointed that they are not crisp. I recognize that I am in the minority in this instance because I voted a 5, even though I wanted to go much higher because of the blues.