reflections
by Jutilda

Comment:
Great expression. Nice moody shot!

Hard Labor
by dswann

Comment:
A "cliché" work image at first glance.
But look at it more and we have the hammer (scraped head, worm body, aged sticker) has seen a lot of work. The glove allows a worker to do more work. The rolled up sleeve suggests a man ready for work. The tilt of the image suggests a mid-swinging--work in progress!
Holding a hammer may not be an appropriate work image, but your set of props, the particulars of composition and the lighting (with the dark background I think brings out the hammer nicely from the handle and arm) and what I said above... the image screams of work!

Two slight criticisms :)
* I'd imagine if real work was being done the worker might hold the hammer more towards the end of its handle. I suppose it depends on what's being done, but you wouldn't get greatest purchase from your swing with a mid-handle hold.
* I'd like to know what's being hammered. Work (in my opinion) is both the act of doing something (which you've captured here) but also the resulting object (which you haven't). It'd probably result in a completely different type of image though, and maybe that's not what you wanted to capture.

I'd envisage a mid-to-late 5's finish for this.
I'd give it 6.

New Year's Dawn
by markwiley

Comment:
Excellent concept.
For me the frame is too wide, and the picture a little noisy and if I voted I might have dropped it from a 6 or 7 down to a 5 or 6 as a result.
Really good concept though. I might have to borrow it for some shots of my own sometime :)

Bass River, Sunset, New Year's Day
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Incredible what you can do with the tone mapping. Beautiful result. Very very well done.
I reckon you'd need to train your eye a lot to see the potential that you can achieve from a shot like the original.

Dishes
by witt34

Comment:
Very very nice.
I think a closer tie around the outside of the basin would have framed this perfectly. As it is it's great though. Well done!

The Gatekeeper
by tvsometime

Comment:
Love it. Excellent work. Excellently framed. Very moody.

Bonne année from the Alps!
by eega

Comment:
It almost looks like there are shapes in the fire works, which is pretty cool.

The PUNK
by clangley50

Comment:
I really like this. I like it a lot. I hope it does well!

Reading Nook
by jomari

Comment:
I like the change of brightness from the top to the bottom. Nice!

F-22 Raptor
by Yo_Spiff

Comment:
I really like the metalic feel. It feels nice and smooth, but isn't lacking in details either. There's a bit of haloing though, but not so much that it offends the eye.
I likes.