UPDOWN
by wavelength

Comment:
I like abstracts and this is a great one. I'm sure it will score about as well as my abstracts always do, so here's a 9 to ease the pain.

Hermitage
by lsmart

Comment:
Nice flash work (if that's what it is), looks pretty natural. Subject is obviously the house, and then your title reinforces that. But it wasn't your fault the challenge idea was so lame, so it doesn't get held against you. Colors are nice but overall the photo is flat. Might have shot it from a different angle or taken a strong hand with curves to greatly increase the overall contrast. Lot of nice textures on that old house that could be brought out that way. Nice job.

Wood 'n' wire
by Wobble

Comment:
When presenting geometric shapes, you make it very easy for the eye to find things that are off balance, not level, etc. They jump out because everything else is so ordered. here the shot suffers from the wood frame along the top not presenting a straight line on any side. The subject itself I think is a nice choice - an interesting juxtaposition of shapes. I think some contrast boost might work here to make some of the textures in the wood jump out a bit more. The shot is a bit flat as is. Nice overall, you've got a good eye.

Triangles
by aznym

Comment:
Not sure why you would caption this 'triangles' and then submit it as a supposedly subjectless photo. Still, I'm not holding this challenge idea against anyone. The subject matter is interesting here and I like how you've presented it in black and white. I think a slightly stronger touch on the contrast would have benefited this by adding a little more pop and keeping the photo from washing out some. As is it borders a bit on being a mass of middle tones. I like to see black blacks, white whites, and everything in between. Overall this is a great entry, good luck.

Downtown
by modurn

Comment:
The composition here is quite nice actually. I think this challenge sucks in that every photo has a subject, and this one does as well, but I'm just ignoring the subjectless nonsense and voting on the photos for what they are. Processing - it is way, WAY too sharp. You need to back off the amount of sharpness or use a much smaller radius setting (or both). I like the colors being presented here. I think some extra work with curves to acheive a slightly stronger contrast between elements might also work well. Overall this is a very nice photo, it's just the PP that needs some extra attention. Very nice.

DSC_0632v1GatorWide.jpg
by yakatme

Comment:
wow, first thing I did was look at what lense and thought for sure it would be a telephoto. Nope! Very brave. What a cool shot.

Blue Eyes, Henna Hands
by dsa157

Comment:
Lol, the girl at the Bristol Rennaisance Fair. I took pictures of her as well, and also the other guy and girl working the Henna booth.

Nice shot, good luck in the challenge.

***
by agenkin

Comment:
This is great except for the one headlight out of the 4 being so much smaller. Like the angle though, and what a great range of tones.

Un Chien Andalou - Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, 1929
by xianart

Comment:
Nice picture but if you're entering a challenge where one of the components in voting would be identifying the scene from a movie, why choose a movie that so few people will have ever heard of much less watched? Guess I'll take your word (or photo) for it.

Serpico
by jdannels

Comment:
Excellent.