A seat in the sun
by geewhy

Comment:
Interesting abstract idea - let down, for me, but the fact that the over-exposure of the sun-spots makes them all llok out of focus, rather than moving through the plane of focus. I think I'd have exposed for the bright spots, and tried to use levels or curves to bring back the un-lit surface of the seat.

Industry&Pollution
by geewhy

Comment:
One of my top pics for this challenge - oddly, all three were from favourite photographers (just shows that I'm right to have selected them). Pretty good scoring and placing, especially for a non-shiny-happy photo on dpc.

Look Into the Light
by lizzyc3

Comment:
Interesting capture - love the movement of the shade, and indeed the shading on the shade. I'm not sure I'd personally have included the text on the lamp - the sheer interpretability of words draws the eye, and for me lessens the concentration of attention on what I feel is truly interesting here, which is that ever-deepening shadow, and the rhythm of the holes in the shade. Genuinely intersting work though, thanks.

Capturing Elegance
by Konador

Comment:
Something resists - probably just envy - how dare you have access to such facilities, it's tantamount to cheating :-) But I'll resist lowering your score on those weak grounds ... a 9.

When The Day Is Done
by zeuszen

Comment:
Beautiful shot, but 'typically found in a grage'? It may of course be found in yours, but it's hardly a typical garage item.

Hard Lives & Stories Untold.
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Great portrait, though somewhat forced as a fit for this challenge, as your very explicit title acknowledges. Still a great portrait, though.

Salt & Pepper
by puya

Comment:
I don't se what the negative space top of frame adds to this shot - your cropping is otherwise so close to the edges of your subjects. After a long look, I actually think it detracts - it serves to remove some interst from the progression of those reflections.

Silver-ware
by admart01

Comment:
I think i can claim to have some experience of photographing shiny cutlery ... compositionally I find this a touch weak - the relationship between the two things is rather arbitrary. The points of real contrast are in weak areas of the frame - either too low or too central, the balance of the 'weight' of them is heavily skewed in favour of the fork, the sharp lines are too sharp resulting in 'jaggies', and the reflections, in balance with the background, are so busy and not terribly well placed. All of which is, naturally, my opinion only.

DUAL BRIDGES
by TLL061

Comment:
Compositionally I find this kind of obvious - sure it's an interesting scene, architecturally, and I actively like the irregularity of the lamp-posts, but such a grey day, such very very flat light has wiped out any real interest, visually, from this. Had it been my own shot, I'd either have tried to go back another day, or probably not submitted it. I think it's lacking in mood, is what I'm trying to express.

Needle & Thread
by agwright

Comment:
Good clean shot - very DPC:-) Slight barrel distortion affecting the needle, perhaps?