Do Not Disturb
by donenright

Comment:
Great but it feels a bit tilted.

takeoff
by silverfoxx

Comment:
I am not sure how this is a gift to Langdon for his birthday. Did he break his leg?

Empire Sandy
by Strikeslip

Comment:
Composition: Very dramatic. I normally don't like tilted shots but it really works here and creates interesting lines. There are a lot of interesting shapes to look at (LOTs of triangles). The bowsprit takes the eye nicely across the frame without being overpowering.

General comments:
The sky is superb. The noise give it an ominous feeling while still retaining a good level of detail.

The Challenge: Nice level of noise. Enough to give it the shot an ominous mood and an "old" feeling. Not so much that it distracts or takes away some of the finer details.

Humor Me
by ThingOne

Comment:
This has a great old time movie feel to it. The man almost looks like Dean Martin or Jerry Lewis. The expression on the people's faces really makes this shot great.

The black and white conversion is quite suitable for this picture.

The shallow DOF works well as it appears that the background would have been distracting had it been sharp at all.

Challenge: The level of noise is good here. A lot (including my own sadly) went over board with the noise. This is the perfect level. Enough to give it an "old feel" to it but not so much that it diminishes the quality of the image.

Diving In
by nutzito

Comment:
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Broken Red
by vzegarski

Comment:
Sorry...not a portrait

DNMC

Farm House
by halooti

Comment:
The composition is a little flat. A straight on shot of a subject is really hard to pull off while still getting the "wow" factor. Try getting off to the side to create lines (especially diagonals) for more effect. Also the straight on shot makes it difficult to show depth so its hard to keep the picture from looking two dimensional.

The houses in the background are not really something that helps this image so I would try to compose so they aren't in the shot. (Which may or may not have been possible)

You have the possibility of creating a nice contrast between the two colors: the red of the barn and the blue of the sky. I would utilize that if you were to reshoot this.

Creating a greater tonal contrast in post would also make this pop.

I would also ask: What caught your eye in this scene to begin with? What drew your interest? Before snapping the picture take a moment to think about that. (Perhaps I should try that idea myself).

Interesting subject for this challenge. The noise appears to have been added in post rather than being done in camera. If you crank up the ISO on your camera you will get a lot of "real" noise to the shot and give it a bit of an old feel.

The tough part of this challenge isn't getting a noisy shot. That part is easy. Its trying to get the right subject (which you have) and using the noise in the picture to create a certain mood. Words I think of for most noisy pictures are old, nostalgic, ominous and perhaps edgy.

Noisy windmill
by ButterflyGirl

Comment:
Eau Claire Market?

Church
by Emerkaza

Comment:
This appears to have a bumpy look rather than a grainy feel to it.

Circular Crimson
by kelbelle

Comment:
Sorry...s lot of flowers have a circular pattern of petals. This is not one of them. As such DNMC