Darkness is an opportunity to explore Light
by virtualme

Comment:
I was going to just rate this and move on but I figured I'd do better to comment as well. I found myself a bit disappointed in the image due to the title. The title gave me an expectation of light being explored somehow that I didn't find the image to live up to. It definitely fits the challenge and the greeny-yellow color works well against the black background but I'm not finding anything that captures my attention with the composition. If an example of what I'm trying to say would help, the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of your title and an idea of a photograph that could portray it, would be an image of dustmotes in a stream of light, this I think would give some interesting things for the viewer to look at and (to me) delves more into the wonder of light. But that's just my opinion and as we know everyone has them for better or worse. I hope this helps in some way! I gave a 3

Falling of Darkness
by Kunta1974

Comment:
I'm really enjoying this. The pose is unusual, fantastic, even the fact that the model is centered doesn't hurt the image. I like the play on darkness both in the color of skin and the use of silhouette. My only wishes are that the background would be a little brighter to give a greater contrast, the line across the back be a bit more even and maybe a slim black border to finish off the image. I'm guessing this was posed but if not and you happened to catch it on the fly, its very nicely done (even if it is posed its great). I gave a 6.

Frog Alone
by bffatw

Comment:
I'm afraid I don't relate to the darkness you're trying to convey here. In general, I find the composition a bit uninspired - what are you trying to say with the frog being alone? Is it loneliness? Ugliness? Both? Being little in a big world? Being drab in a colorful world? Any of those could be dark related but I can't see your vision at the moment. I think the focus is pretty good, the lighting is decent, though could be better. I would have to say that the biggest improvement would be an evident purpose in the composition. That said, it could just be me as a random viewer who is missing something obvious, which wouldn't be the first time. I can only go with what I see/interpret so I gave a 3.

A Widow Reaches In The Dark And Longs For His Light
by JunieMoon

Comment:
I think the title is carrying a heavy burden in this image, conveying what you see with the picture - I have done this as well, its not a bad thing necessarily. That said, I DO see (just based on the picture alone) many ways it could be interpreted with something dark, there is definitely an emotive aspect to it and the imagination can come up with a number of scenarios light & dark from it. I would say with a sharper focus and perhaps a slight shift to the left, so the frame on the left is completely in the photo and there isn't that blackness on the right it would be an even better image. I gave a 4.

Aphotic Flow
by Cutter

Comment:
Beautiful tones, lovely image and very nice clarity/focus, but I don't envision 'darkness' when I see this really. That said, obviously you do so its really a moot point. The picture doesn't speak to me of darkness so I'm scoring on general impact and technical work. I gave a 6

On alcohol at night... Finding my way home?!?
by Apee

Comment:
Yikes, with landmarks like that you'll be lucky to end up in the right state/country. Interesting take on the challenge, I like the abstract nature but I wish there was something a bit more.. I don't know.. solid to the image to anchor it a bit. I realize its showing something alcohol induced but I think if you had something solid to counter-balance the floating squiggles it might enhance the intoxicated look to the image. With an image like this I also think a simple black border might tie it all together, my eyes tend to wander out of the picture as I follow the squiggles up and to the right. Interesting. 4.

Consuming
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Now this is dark. Both in the emotion and in the image itself. Great title, nice tones. I wish there was a bit more 'grit' to it, physically - maybe dirtied hands or something, but otherwise, I really dig it. - 7.

Hmmm! Liquid darkness after a day's work
by p2jvr

Comment:
Beautiful crispness, the white seems just a shade blown out on the left side and the shadows on the right unbalance it as well, if it was toned a bit down on the left and brightened a bit on the right I think it'd be perfect. The colors work really well together, the white with the darkness of the guinness and the rust color of the brick is nice. I think as another suggestion I would crop the image at the top right below that first flower, or if possible swap in a basket with ONLY greenery, no colorful flowers, they distract my eye away from the subject and the colors don't quite match the look of the rest of the image. Other than the fact that guinness is soooo gross tasting, I've no other comments! :) Very nice. I gave a 6

Candles in darkness
by SlowPoet

Comment:
I think you did a very good job in using candlelight in your image, I always muss it up when I try, there's a healthy glow and the colors still have a nice richness. I think the image suffers a bit in composition though. The candles don't have a.. hmm.. purpose in their arrangement - which could very well have been intentional - and that makes the placement seem careless. That carelessness (just my interpretation!) distracts me. The colors as I said are very nice with the candlelight, the focus is a bit soft, but I've found it difficult to get a crisp image using soft light, so you've done very well there. The only other suggestion besides a different arrangement of the subject is a border to pull everything together. I think this image would benefit from one. Nice work! 5.

There's Even a Line to get in Down There
by fifield

Comment:
Love the title! Very striking image, I enjoy the red on black look. Good clarity/focus, interesting use of the subject. Well done. 6