what do you want
by spease

Comment:
Excellent expression! I'd have cropped a little of the top, and edited out that reflection in the glass. The title would also be stronger with punctuation (do you mean "What do you want?" or "What do you want!" ?)

Ilulissat Fiord, Greenland
by pekelo

Comment:
Wow, so that's what that looks like! I've flown over many times and wondered what it was like down there. The contrast between the crisp ice and smooth clouds is excellent, as is the contrast between the cool blue ice and the warm clouds. And the two birds (cormorants?) provide a center of attraction. Just wish the image were full 640 pixels wide! 8

Welcome - Don't Park Here!
by sfalice

Comment:
Great colors, and the touch of humour is welcome. The white on left and bottom looks suspiciously like exposed image canvas after a rotate, forgot to crop? Still a 7

contour
by mesmeraj

Comment:
What a great idea! Very well executed. I particulary like how the outline of the jaw is still visible, yet everything else is a pure silhouette. But I would have much preferred a smooth contour, not marred by clothes. 7

True American Heroes
by oilofole

Comment:
The back-lighting is interesting, but it leaves the guy's face in the dark. Also the DOF is a bit awkward, neither deep enough to contain both guys nor shallow enough to isolate any particular depth layer. (And just to be nit-picky, there's nothing uniquely American about firemen being heroic.)

nyc through the eyes of a messenger
by samhall

Comment:
Great idea, but the image looks like the white-point has been dragged waaaay to far down, everything is somewhere between black and gray

Above It All
by adyus

Comment:
Like the morning/evening glow

Under the Bridge
by pibby

Comment:
Highways and railway lines don't say "city life" to me. Also, I'd prefer a perspective where the highway is perfectly horizontal and the tracks cross at more of an angle. But I like the glow in the background.

Matching Patterns (Velcro)
by Antanas

Comment:
Brilliant idea for this challenge! Well executed, only thing I'd preferred is slightly more directional light (for more texture and contrast), and to get rid of those black hairs.

Wide Open
by dogz

Comment:
Bizarre image, but certainly meets the challenge! Unfortunately the falloff of sharpness is so rapid that if it wasn't in this challenge, I'd have guessed it was shot through cloudy glass with a slit in it.