City-of-Glass
by artistChan

Comment:
I like the treatment of the sky. The foreground seems quite dark, imo. I do like the tilt. -5-

Piercing by Ryu Murakami
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
haha! Quite a shot. However, I'm afraid I'm having a hard time voting on this challenge. Many of the shots seem to be inspired by the title of the novel -- not by the novel itself. -5-

Zafar Mahal - "The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple
by dougi555

Comment:
Lovely. -6-

"A Prayer for Owen Meany"
by Dudski

Comment:
Quite a cool shot. I think you need to come back during night and use a flash to get a shadow of the statue on the front face of the building.

In looking at this a second time around -- I'm not sure about the magentas and reds in the processing. I'm thinking I'd like a plain B&W or perhaps a blue cast a bit better. It's looking a little too pink today.

(Not voting -- teammate)

Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Absolutely gorgeous. Stunning. Beautiful! I'm not a landscape person, but this is so lovely! As to the novel, I don't know it, but from the wikipedia summary, it works for me. It seems more hopeful and beautiful than the dreary sanatorium, but it sounds like the mountains recur often, so I'll buy it. :)

-9-

Call of the Wild
by BarbB

Comment:
I can see how the title might inspire the shot, but I'm not sure how the novel itself would inspire it. I'm sorry if I'm missing it. Nicely done, though. -6-

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
by Bensted

Comment:
Lovely shot, interesting crop. -7-

A Bend in the River
by moondog

Comment:
It's such a beautiful shot, but the processing has taken so much from it, imo. It looks like it would have such wonderful deep, rich tones that have been so washed out by being so bright. I think the over-sharpening could work if only it were darker and richer. -5-

The Picture of Dorian Gray
by mrchhas

Comment:
Very nicely done. A few small nitpicks: the hands are a little odd -- flat and blown? And the arch coming out of the head in the mirror is odd and very distracting. I wish it wasn't centered on the head. Just a little to the left or right and it would have been much better. That being said, it's one of my favorites in the challenge. -9-

The Phantom of the Opera (1920. Gaston Leroux)
by Denielle

Comment:
I like the DOF, but I'm not sure of the angle that you chose. It looks a little flat overall, both in composition and in tonality, imo. I'm curious what it would have looked like at more of a diagonal on the keyboard, and with the whites a little whiter. -5-