For Whom The Bell Tolls
by plumber711

Comment:
Ah, a Hemingway fan :) Or John Donne?
Looks nice, but I'd have kept this image for another challenge. A gong is not mechanical, it's acoustic, isn't it? In our physics classes, there were two different chapters for each. You'll surely tell me after the challenge if I'm wrong. A church clock would have been more mechanical, as you have to pull a rope to make it toll. Anyways, the picture is nice, but because of the weak link to the challenge, I give you a 6.

Truth In Light
by thewriterside

Comment:
I can't see the link to the challenge. I can't see too much of the light either. There are no interesting shadows, just darkness. 1.

Clock Face
by MarieW

Comment:
Wohooo! I didn't see the face at first. Great! Looks a bit oversharpened though, there's a halo around the edges. It's definately the face that makes me give you a 7.

Message edited by author 2005-01-05 11:04:47.

Fire tools
by miriam_mrb

Comment:
I'cant see why fire tool should be mechanic. I can't see the fire tools at all! Or almost not. The picture is just too dark, the one thing you refer to can barely be seen. 2.

Hammer and Strings
by sbeaumont

Comment:
Cool composition. I'd have preferred a b&w version. Maybe you'll post one in the forums after the challenge. 7.

Pop goes the Santa....
by HornOUBet

Comment:
Seems too easy, simple. The picture doesn't look as if you tried to do something special.
It's mechanical all right, but it doesn't show too much of it, except for the lever at the right. The lighting is okay, the details come out well. 4.

"Old School"
by cwalmye

Comment:
Nice sepia toning. A bit out of focus, USM might help. The streak in the background is distracting. 6.

Gear
by Halim

Comment:
Nice colours. Were they like that or did you add them during post processing?
What the heck did you do with that border? It's completely irregular and thus distracting. That really costs you a point. So, only a 6.

Just an old puncher...
by LevT

Comment:
Yippiee, confetti! :) 5.

Simple Sissors
by jimmsp

Comment:
A bit too simple. Yes, it's mechanical, but it's just too easy, flat.
You might have shown the cissors in action.
Or in perspective.
Or a cissors' shadow cutting the background.
Or some weird mechanism that handles the cissors.
At least it's sharp and the background is pure white. 3.