Circular Spiral
by RooDysign

Comment:
Beautiful assemblage of curving forms. Nice to enjoy without feeling a need to puzzle over whether this is a plate or light fixture.

Melody of Darks & Lights
by choltmeier

Comment:
Your excellent abstraction first takes my imagination to chocolat bars on white kitchen counter tiles. The blurred shadows are indistinct, but help give a necessary (imo) three dimensionality to the image.

The Edge
by h2

Comment:
This abstraction of lines, rectangles, and shadows stands out in part because so many of the intersections happen at slightly unsettling angles -- perhaps echoing mild wide angle lens distortion -- contributing a visual interest factor that takes a while to identify.

Techo's Breakfast Spread
by TonyT

Comment:
Confounding us with purple grape on purple eggplant sets the funny tone, but slicing the eggplant sends this brilliantly into the surreal zone. Very enjoyable.

Delicate
by Louisa

Comment:
The side-back lighting really enhances the image and accentuates the interesting shapes. Nicely done.

Reflections
by VBester

Comment:
What a great use of related geometric shapes, balls, curves, dark circles with bright centers, implied diagonal line between the two large balls, coming together in a simple and beautiful design. My prediction for blue ribbon.

The Golden Days
by Trumpeteer4

Comment:
I missed voting on the Anything But... challenge, so I'm glad you posted in the personal best thread. Striking picture, with the full version much better than the thumbnail prepared me to see. Good for you on the PB. Thanks for posting.

Message edited by author 2008-08-21 07:54:21.

My very first submission
by ed_lee85

Comment:
Nice capture of a nighttime mood. Do keep submitting. Focus can be difficult at night, but this kind of image calls for sharper focus. Play around with the focus settings or consider manual focus in low light. Having the far end of the walkway tilted makes for an uncomfortable sliding sensation that could be corrected by a little rotation in post processing. For a "purple" challenge, higher votes will go to images that draw the eye to that color. In this case, the artificial lighting could use a little white balance correction to make the purple jacket stand out more. Good luck.

Solitude
by WalkingFish

Comment:
Very well composed. The solid wall of large repeating stone pattern isolates woody effectively and contributes to the mood.

us? in a box?
by cutout

Comment:
Very artistic and smooth cut out template for the light to make such great figures. I would have placed this in the top three based on creativity, style, and composition.