EARLY MORNING IN AUCKLAND
by slonko

Comment:
Rather brutally centred composition, in the vertical plane, without the eye-catching effect to make it useful. Like the balance of vertcal lines though, and the prominence of the needle thing. Competent shot, but lacking in impact - largely, i think because of that compositional thing.

Miles from Secluded
by jdw91479

Comment:
Competent shot .. perhapslackig in drama, despite that sky. It may only be the absolute cleanliness of that shoreline, but this has the feel of man-made territory, but the look of a supposed wilderness too - I think that contrast hurts the shot. composition pulls the eye in two drections - both up and down at the same time, which lends a feeling of unease: there's a reason the 'experts' suggest not putting the skyline on the centre-line of the shot ... :-)

Sunday Sunrise
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
Many congrats on your ribbon - and especially satifying when your first one is blue, despite the rigmarole you've been through to get there.

Zownd - two shots, first and second place, were DQ'd and as a result this photo has been promoted to first place. Thus the comments.

Ed

Through a Beveled Window
by Marjo

Comment:
Interesting near-abstract shot. Perhaps lacks a bit of bite in the colours, or maybe it's just a blur added by the glass, or even that your depth of field doesn't quite have the scope to get the glass and the flower completely in focus. Just that little extra element would make those odd refractions and blurrings more impactful, i think.

Quadrants
by goinskiing

Comment:
Love the suitability of this very neat and pleasant suburban scene with the absolutel compatrmentalising of the window frame. Good work.

Evening View from Kitchen
by scottwilson

Comment:
Now I would get the washing up done if I lived there, I'm sure :-) First reaction is that the square aspect ration of the shot is pecualiar - but in fact it serves to present the picture through the windows as something alien to this interior domestic scene - helped of course by the interio flash illumination. Makes that sunset (rise?) seem even more other-worldly. Good work keeping enough bounce of the glass, and not quite over-powering tthe existing interior light.

The American River
by ChrisW123

Comment:
Seems kind of unlikely for interior light to be striking the window just like that :-) Is this a case of taking a window to a location and shooting through it? Full marks for endeavour, then.

Cat outside
by olnos

Comment:
Despite my initial reaction to the toning here - green! - I rather like this shot, and it's growing on me. I'm sure it will be far too weird for the majority on the site, however.

Through An Old Window
by Mona

Comment:
Like this. I do wish you'd perhaps used more processing to bring the balance of exposure of the frame and the sky closer together - you might at least have been eble to keep more definition in the silhouette of the tree.

Watching for the Easter Bunny
by alanfreed

Comment:
Another one! This really isn't what the challenge asked for ... had you taken it from the other side of the window, maybe ... Having said that, there are elements to the shot that I like, especially the contrast of the dress(?) and the plainness of the curtains. The figure seems under-exposed however, as is not unusual against a white-ish background, and the lack of any visible face perhaps takes some character out of the shot.