Nintendo Entertainment System Circa 1985
by ggbudge

Comment:
Static and fairly dry. Good take on the challenge, lighting is pretty good - maybe a fill light near the bottom to light the face of the Nintendo up more. The background is a bit uninspiring and may be why I find the image as a whole sort of distant and boring. A very servicable photograph. I gave a 4.

Class of 82 RULES!
by dassilem

Comment:
Brings back memories eh? I like this image, its simple and nice but it does feel a bit dry. There is some spark with the purple coloring and gold highlights but it still seems like something is missing. Perhaps if it was lying across a graduation invitation/announcement or something? Just a bit of something to add a little more dimension instead of the flat, boring white surface. The focus is good as well but I do wish the DOF was just a smidge greater so that section in the bottom left wasn't blurry - its drawing my eye and is a bit distracting. Nice take on the challenge though! I gave a 5

I want my MTV
by tjmueller

Comment:
Woo! Great image. I love the focus and the use of natural lighting is good. The contast between the electronic and nature is wonderful as is the green/browns versus the black of the TVs. The only thing I'd really change would be to crop out that blurred portion along the very bottom, I find my eyes wandering to it and it becomes a distraction. I gave a 5.

Remember Rubiks?
by permapier

Comment:
Nice image! I like the close up view and the brilliance of the colors. The lighting is good and the focus seems to be good too (a teensy bit soft but that could be upload compression). I'm wondering if it would've been a more interesting look if you'd had the side with that white yet colorful square that you can just barely see beyond the main focused section as the main area. As it is now I find my eye wandering over there trying to make out what is beyond the blur. Nice work. I gave a 5.

1982 Sinclair ZX Spectrum
by bob_bobski

Comment:
Dang.. now that's old.

I like the subject matter, the focus is nice with the shallow DOF. I wish however the composition was different. Whether a different background was used or I'm not sure.. a different placing of the actual computer/keyboard thingie.. There's something very flat and static about the image, it doesn't draw me in other than to think, "huh that's old". Maybe a silvery background or dark grey so it still had contrast with the black body of the electronic device.. maybe use of a mirror somehow? Not sure, just feels like something is missing. I gave a 4.

Chillin . . . 1981
by glad2badad

Comment:
Ha, talk about old school. Great lighting and focus. The color of the background is brilliant and makes for a very nice contrast. The composition I'm not too fond of, seems that the walkman & tape should be the focus of the image, moreso than the hand holding it, so I think it'd have better impact if the entire walkman was visible. There is impact with the focus being on the walkman's contest with the Journey tape being so prevalant but when I look at the image my eyes tend to wander and see the hand taking up a large portion of the photo. Very nice idea! I gave a 6

Greatest Hits
by Fauxtoeman

Comment:
Nice image, lighting looks okay and the focus seems to be good, but I can't tell where the photographer's creativity came in here. To me it looks like a picture of an album cover (which I could easily be wrong about but may be against the rules?) so in general its a nice image but I don't see much soul to it and it doesn't really draw me in. I gave a 4

The Eighteen Eighties
by DelRioPhoto

Comment:
Sneaky.. heh. I like the different take with the choice of using a different century. The coloring is nice, helps extend the feeling of antique/old. I wish the lighting were a bit better on the windmill thingie because it looks like its trying to be a silhouette but there's just enough light that details can be seen just faintly and that makes me wish it were lit completely. So, for me, it'd be better if it was a complete silhouette or the details were absolutely visible. I gave a 5

Down on Fascination Street
by melismatica

Comment:
I love this image. It portrays the 80's fashion and attitude with the choice of clothing and model expression/pose, but even better (and of course I don't have to tell you this since its your image) it also brings in the hyperness and highkey neon color theme. Layers of 80's all over. Great lighting, wonderful focus, I enjoy everything about this.. I can imagine seeing it on the cover of a record or tape! Very nicely done. I gave a 9

"Flock of Seagulls" and The Era of Hair Bands
by Cutter

Comment:
Interesting play on the band name. Not sure I would've made the connection to the band or the challenge subject without the title though. Colors and contrasts in the image are wonderful, seems to be a bit of compression or oversharpening? artifacts around some of the flying gulls. I gave a 5