Diner
by Alicia

Comment:
Nicely seen, shot and processed. I love images that take the ordinary and make me look at it. I've been in tons of diners, but I'm not sure I've ever "seen" one in the way you've shown it to me. The contrast and tones here work well in bringing the diner across as subject. Nice.

5
by mia67

Comment:
This is the reason I should stick to shooting things and not doing portraits. Wonderful, great expression, tonal range and lighting are great, as is the clarity. Really nice.

Day-7
by SandyP

Comment:
Great sharpness for a moving image; you stopped time! I love the gradient in the sky, and little groups of people here and there. If it were me, I might straighten it up and try a bit more contrast, but I might not, too :)

DAY 7. B&W. bush scene .
by roz

Comment:
I'm working hard at B&W, too; I did about ten conversions over the past three days (after I decided to join this challenge) and have not posted a single one (I have posted others, obviously). I agree there are better ways to convert than in RAW; I have links to about ten different methods somewhere, just pm me if you want them. The alien skin film filter plugin is nice for seeing what can be achieve quickly (and for conversions in advanced or expert editing). For this image, the border isn't for me (it competes too much with the image). I think the image itself is not half as bad as you think. There's some interesting lighting, and good angles and lines. A bit more contrast (as nick suggested) would probably help to give it a bit more impact. I like your work, Roz!

Day 6 - Bridge
by menele

Comment:
I like this, and the subdued tones work for me here; at points the greys almost look painted, which is a nice effect. I see some jaggies (possibly from sharpening) in a beam on the right by the windows; angles are tough for sharpening, but otherwise the processing looks good.

BananaTreeEmbrace
by UrfaK

Comment:
I fall in the "liking it" group here, I guess. There's a lot to see, the tones are great, and everywhere you look the image is visually interesting. I like see the trees and not the forest sometimes, and this image is an invitation to do that for me.

Day 3 - The back side
by dreamy

Comment:
I definitely like this, and not just because it's different. The softness to the thing that flows from the lack of contrast is excellent; it's almost story-telling to me (reaching for the sun, or some such thing), and I love it when an image tells me a story. I haven't done anything like this, but I'll have to give it a try when I find a suitable subject.

Weight
by Melethia

Comment:
I was about to agree that a touch more depth would have added something, then I looked again. I realized I like it as is; there is a slight imperfection in in-focus area of the whatzamacallit, and the light, shadows and tones at that point are excellent. The focus leads you right to it, just like it should. When I stopped looking to make suggestions, and just looked, there was an awful lot to see. Nice.

Day 5...Leah
by walrus451

Comment:
This is nice; the tones and focus give it a really nostalgic look, like it was shot on film in the 1950s or 1960s. Very nice effect, and excellent composition and subject.

Dogwood
by noraneko

Comment:
Wonderful image; I really like it. I'm looking at it and wondering what a wider crop with the flower to the upper right might have looked like, but I'm not sure it would have been an improvement. Good work on the dodging/burning, I don't see any evidence of it (which is good; my dodging/burning is always clearly visible).