Lines and Forks
by levyj413

Comment:
Nice, but I don't get the forks thing. An olive, maybe; but forks?

But the refractive swap-over of the black & white through the glass (especially the stem) works well, so I'll add a couple of points for that.

Reflected Opposition
by dunnewold

Comment:
There will be plenty of chess pieces in this challenge, I'm sure. but this is nicely done.

The perspective of the chess-board is well executed, with a narrow depth of field to make the board blur towards us. The reflections of the pieces works well, too.

I might've tried cropping some off the top, and maybe reframing to make for one-third/two-third split of back vs white, rather than three-quarters/one quarter. Nitpicking, though - overall it works well.

Dark Eyes
by Coley

Comment:
Nice portrait shot. I love the detailed texture of the body-paint. and the model's face has just the right "black and white" mood, too.

Salt n Pepper Combo
by diablo2097

Comment:
Very nicely done.

It's a shame that the stem of the glass on the right is a bit washed out. and the black/white background looks just a tad too much like it's completely a product of photoshop. But that's just nitpicking - overall it works well.

Pianist
by Gryphx

Comment:
I tried a similar concept to this for this challenge. It's hard to make it work, eh?

This comes close, but the fingers don't look like they're playing the keys, and the framing of the hand is off.

LOCO
by fordmanf1

Comment:
Nice shot. A spectacularly clean bit of locomotive. Maybe just a slightly narrower depth of field, with the right hand drifting a little OOF, might have added to the effect.

Sheet Music in Color
by br o kenl o ve

Comment:
This is competently done - well composed, etc. But the juxtaposition of the sheet music with the foliage just doesn't grab me, I'm afraid.

Black, White, and Read All Over
by lil_mo

Comment:
There were a gazillion shots like this in a challenge a couple of weeks ago. This one is competently done, but a bit "me too".

Black and White in Iridescent
by rebs138

Comment:
a nice idea, but I would hav focussed differently. The feathers draw the eye up towards the head. I would have focussed on the head, with just sufficiently narrow depth of field to allow the foreground feathers to start to go OOF.

The Heart of a Machine
by raish

Comment:
More grey than strikingly black 7 white. This doesn't really "speak" to me, if that's not too pretentious. There are lots of interesting angles, light & shadow, detail, etc. But you haven't really made much of it, I'm afraid.