Channeling My Inner Tree
by glad2badad

Comment:
Perfect... this is the only photo I gave a 10 in this challenge.. nice work!

Gridlock
by KristjanUnnar

Comment:
This is a really cool photo. It's my favorite one in the challenge even though I feel that it doesn't meet the challenge... lol. I guess I should have come up with an entry for this challenge showing 'photos wedged into challenges just because they didn't have anything else to post' as a pet peeve :)

Thingie
by Neat

Comment:
This is my favorite photo in this challenge. I love it because its all about shapes and textures rather than the 'thing' that it is. That adds a great abstract value to the experience as well. It's easy to get lost in this one... great stuff!

another page in their story
by glad2badad

Comment:
In regards to your 'photographer's comments....

what do you stand to lose by letting those bots scrape your 'data' from this site? I think fighting data mining on the interwebs is futile as long as you are a participant in any of it, including your web-provided email. Every service provider you interact with is scraping data on you and selling it to the highest bidder. Your phone and your social media accounts are the main culprits. The simple fact of the matter is that you should not share anything electronically in any manner that you don't want anyone else to see or hear.

In regards to your forum post about the interpretation of the 'balance' topic...

The platform in your frame does a great job of splitting the frame into two equal halves, but *I* find a majority of the visual interest to be in the top half of the image. That being the case, the description of 'so that everything in the image has equal visual weight' is a miss for me. How do you interpret your approach to this challenge?

Cheers!

glimmer
by kanaj

Comment:
I didn't find a whole lot of creativity in this challenge. This photo, however, landed in my best of show category. Just being able to notice this scene and having the ability to capture it so nicely is the mark of a good photographer :) This photo hits upon quite a few characteristics that I look for in great images. The strong interaction of shapes and symmetry is dominating this scene while the chaos of the web and water droplets creates a fascination and imbalance to add so much more interest... great shot!

Break time
by UrfaK

Comment:
This is an excellent photo. It's my second favorite in this challenge. In terms of 'documentary' value, it's strong. It's telling me something about the project at hand and it's gonna lead me nicely into the accompanying story. The composition of this is beautiful. The lines and textures are fascinating at all levels. Nice work!

Religious Celebration
by GeorgesBogaert

Comment:
Best of show... great shot. From a guy who spent a lot of time doing local news and sports photography, this one captures this challenge's theme best for me. Most photographers are afraid of people and don't wanna get involved in the action of the moment. They fail miserably at capturing the essence of the event. Watching and shooting it from a distance as a voyeur is never as impactful as getting in the middle of it. I guess since I'm a big fan of street photography in general, this photo also strikes a chord with me. It makes me wanna know more about what I'm seeing. That makes it a perfect 'documentary' shot. It's the click bait that's gonna get me to read the whole story. Be proud of this one.

Oooooh!! With ridges!!
by vawendy

Comment:
This is fantastic. I'd love to see this with a ribbon at the end of the week... Nice work :)

Breakout
by DistantColours

Comment:
I wish I had taken the time to look at the photos in this challenge. This is a fantastic concept and I guess everyone else agreed... nice work :)

H20verdrive
by MattO

Comment:
Top 10! Nice finish... The comments you received here are quite entertaining.... lol