bound
by roba

Comment:
So many grubby hands in DPC challenges. Like the photo. Wash the hands.

Old Rope
by prentice

Comment:
Great tones, great contrast. I love the symmetry of the composition which at the same time avoids coming across as lifeless. The shot has a feeling of motion to me, or tension. One thing that distracts me here is the gap about 1/3rd from the left on the bottom where you are looking through to - what. Something that is not rope like everything else in the shot. Also the leftmost strands stand out as very dark and sort of throw off the otherwise beautiful repetition of tones in the frame. Not sure how much control you had over the setup of this or if it was 'found'. Anyway, really nice work, I hope it scores highly. 8.

Nautical
by Jewellian

Comment:
Love the photo. You've done a great job of using BW to bring out the interesting texture in the rope. Nice balance of blacks and midtones while still maintaining a lot of detail. Only thing I don't particularly like, just because it doesn't really do anything for the shot, is the DOF. The bottom few strands are out of focus and it is more distracting than anything as it doesn't really lead your focus to anywhere - everything in the shot is the same. Otherwise, great job. Hope you do well. 8.

not anything but "rope"
by Kronus

Comment:
This is really nice. I like everything about it but would offer two points to consider. First, tip it slightly to the left so the strands are more horizontal (yeah I know they are wrapping around something, but still the left side looks off kilter), and second I would love to see it BW but without the greenish hue. More yellow perhaps. Anyways, really nice shot and good luck. 8.

Captive
by Bolti

Comment:
Love it, hope it does well. Only thing I don't like is the crop point on the right (in the frame) arm. It looks like someone else is reaching down and grabbing the rope. Other than that, cool lighting, great expression, interesting composition that leads the eye around. Really good job. 9.

Tension
by h2

Comment:
Very nice, nothing bad to say. I hope this scores very well. Good job.

Picking Up the Slack
by anthonyczaja

Comment:
I think this was a good idea gone bad. Then again it has 3 decent looking girls in it so you will probably get a decent score for the effort. To my eye, you've covered up the best parts of the girls with the rope and, by doing so, have pretty much negated their purpose for even being in this shot. One girl carrying a rope lets me draw some conclusions, two playing tug of where could be interesting. Three girls tangled up in a big rope, and apparently not concerned about it, says little to me at all. I'm just not getting what it is you are trying to say here. That said, I read the title after I look at the photo. The titles/captions are meaningless, I want the photo to talk to me.

Anyway, nice colors and the exposure looks good for such a bright day.

"Blue Ribbon Model? Thanks, But I'm a Frayed Knot!"
by 777STAN

Comment:
Very poor choice of background for this shot. It is extremely difficult to see your subject clearly, and that doesn't bode well for the score.

Twins
by Zeus

Comment:
What? Tie one on? Neat looking rope, should have just got close in on it and worked with those colors and texture.

Lifeline
by chunky

Comment:
Cool patterns on the rope. I think the photo would have been better just presenting those patterns as the subject rather than the metal object, especially since the lower left part gets thrown out of focus.