Solitude Interrupted
by Nusbaum

Comment:
I really like the image but I would have liked to have seen more texture / noise / grain; this looks like the noise reduction has been overdone. I have to say, I think I did exactly the same with my entry to this challenge, so perhaps I'm just sensitive to it.

Stern
by jay6850

Comment:
Wow, what a great portrait - I think the blown highlights on the head could perhaps be rescued in post processing, but nonetheless - a great image. 8.

Broken Promises
by phiggins24

Comment:
I see you've asked for some comments; so i'll try to offer some. Though the comment below from pictureperfect may not be particularly constructively composed, the central point is probably true. If you want your images to score well, you would probably do well to ask your self 'Would someone put this on their wall - or at least have it as there desktop wallpaper' - if the answer is no, then it is unlikely to do well.

Your chosen subject aside, the composition could be a lot better, the negative space at the top in particular and the angle at which you are addressing the subject - as I have found to my peril, images that are very flat without much sense of depth tend to do badly.

I presume that the vignetting around the edge is a consequence of shooting with a wide angle - it can be reduced in PP but not without knowing the process and I'm no expert.

Rockafella
by okky

Comment:
I am sure I won't be the only one to say this looks more than a little snap-shotty; fine for a scrap book but I don't think it lives with the competition here.

Mountain of the Lord
by goinskiing

Comment:
A rather strange composition and even stranger tones - it's not bad; I just don't like it very much.

a d v e n t u r o u s
by phreak

Comment:
I can see what you have tried to do but for me, I don't think it works - I think a more conventional choice of focus would have been better.

Flea Market Find
by jfwolpert

Comment:
I'm not really sure why you would choose to showcase this - though you might be happy with the object, I don't think you've brought much in way of 'added by the photographer' other than perhaps the selective focus, which for me doesn't work that well.

Eric
by AdiGri

Comment:
I don't think this level of post processing ever works.

Mooch
by mwwback

Comment:
Great capture, the focus is exactly where it needs to be.

TALK TO THE HAND
by grigrigirl

Comment:
Fabulous composition and wonderful tones; my only nit-pick is that I think it is slightly over -sharpened and noise-reduced; I'd like to have seen a 'grittier' version of this shot.