Skin Tones
by Imagineer

Comment:
The 'peeling' bark is an entirely natural phenomenon, for those that don't know - it's part of an overall process of air scrubbing, really - particles of various pollutants are isolated in sections of bark, which the tree then sheds. The many plane trees in London are sometimes referred to as the city's lungs. Glad this shot was yours Jon - highly underrated.

Telephone Lines
by justinbrook

Comment:
A very blunt composition. The sky colour is pretty dull, especially in such a graphical image - a touch of darkening, or underexposure, would deepen that colour quite efffectively.

Winter Sunlight — South Wall, Town Center Baptist Church
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Somehow, that rather heavy vignetting makes this seem as if it muxt be venetian blinds - it's rare sunlight surely that focusses itself so carefully? it's effective, graphically, however. I get a sense of missing detail, there isn't that sensation of real close here- processing perhaps?

Peace
by sfboatright

Comment:
Nicely lit, and carefully photographed. Lines, for sure, but it lacks a certain inspiration, perhaps. I find the border a bit blocky, too - that black key-line especially.

Clique
by Sonifo

Comment:
Solidly done image - I suspect, exactly what you were after, pretty much. It doesn't do much for me, however: the soft focus/hyper-smooth treatment implies a glamour and indulgence that doesn't sit well with kids looking quite so sure of themselves.

Mispec Wharf Mooring Lines
by Jozi

Comment:
I'm not at all sure I like the de-sat here - and the ropes seem over-sharpened and exposed. i like the arbitrariness of the background in respect of the subject.

Everywhere
by rmtm333

Comment:
Lots of good things here - though the mixture of lines in the pylons (probably just your POV) creates an odd near-focus effect that bugs me. Love the light, the strong sense of season, and would perhaps have preferred a moe orthodox composition - rather than sticking those verticals so far out of frame. It still works, overall.

Photosynthesis
by Telehubbie

Comment:
I'm running tou fo superlatives in this challenge all of a sudden. What to say? Yes - it's just as good as you dared hope it might be, perhaps?

Lines In A Puddle
by artvet

Comment:
This is the second image i've seen which could have come from the camera of JJ - though I'll guess that this one [i]isn't[i] his. It's intense, defined, rather beautiful; although for me it has moved too far into the world of the abstract. Marvellous stuff.

horizontal lines
by visaksen

Comment:
Excellent strong work: wonderfully proportioned, the lines placed perfectly. Just the least necessary information required to make the fact of the architecture clear, and a splendid use of negative space. I think I would personally have had it in black and white, to emphasise the graphic nature of it as much as anything, but the tonality of sky and sea make your choice completely understandable. The slight reflections at top of the glass add a subtle, easily missed element of reinforcement. This is really strong photography.