My one half is dark
by Jozi

Comment:
I rather like this - there's a strong quality of glass about it, and the grain/noise is effective. Not wholly convinced about the composition, however. I expect you'll get slaughtered in the voting however.

One Careful Owner, Needs Some Attention
by Mr_Pants

Comment:
Fun shot: I would imagine you've achieved pretty much exactly what you were after - apart perhaps, from the comparative saturation in the prints, and those slight jaggies around the hand and top of head. I like the mad quality of it a lot.

Blurred Interlude
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Breathtaking.

Me and My Canon
by strags

Comment:
Not bad at all, although i'd have worked on that shiny line down the nose - after a moment oor two it becomes a major distraction in the image for me. Light otherwise is excellent, and there's a good sense of 'honesty' about it, which i like.

Just Me
by gtroia

Comment:
On-board flash problems: makes the light very flat, and ends to over-expose things nearer to the camera, such as the near shoulder. You background is also very close, which in this case just serves to show a very strong and hard shadow, and the direct flash has caused unfortunate shiny areas on the face, and a lack of a sense of texture.

Things Weren't So Rosy in the 30's
by Kylie

Comment:
Huge congrats Kylie; really pleased to see you on the front page.

Lost
by insteps

Comment:
I really can't believe that this only just scraped a 6. Sure the angle has probably cost a few points, but really. My suspicion is that simply because it looks so photoshopped (and I mean very skillfully photoshopped) ... but that vote curve is pretty evenly centred around the 6 point. I think you have perhaps suffered from the fact that this was an advanced editing challenge.

+fav

Aperture
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Great work Thomas - now and then there's an obvious winner in a challenge. You nailed it.

Red, Red, Wine
by Tranquil

Comment:
neatly and carefully done, as far as the glass is concerned. There seems to be an added line of near-black each side of the image which annoys ne slightly - why not make it the same shade as the rest of the blackness? Given such extreme care with the lighting, it feels a slight let-down.

Lights of fame :)
by rhipster

Comment:
Normally, I would say that there's all sorts of things wrong with this shot - your placing of that table directly beneath the first photo, the burn-out of the light on the wall, the slightly stange crop (bottom of table, edge of seating), slight sense of barrel distortion; but actually I feel something kind of pleasing in it; I think there's a strong compositional motion in it, from the table, along the line of seats and scross the uneven row of light. The erraticness of those lights, and the one missing, add a sense of intrigue, either of unfinidhed-ness, or of desertion. Interestingly engaging.