Quiet Comforting Icons
by rajron

Comment:
good: perfect idea for challenge. i like the low angled shot which gives a little more "awe" to the feeling. also i like that it was taken from a worshipers point of view. it makes the silence more personal.

bad: the colors seem muted (not necessarily bad though) and the lighting is quite flat. i don't know exactly, something else seems off somehow.

Frozen Dock
by wei1108

Comment:
good: nice and quiet. i've always associated a snowy scene with silence. nice composition and horizon/perspective lines. pretty sky

bad: i've been giving out several "it's too dark" comments lately, i'm beginning to wonder if it's my screen. anyway this looks a bit dark to me.

If a tree falls....?
by blad

Comment:
good: i love the light in the trees and the sharpness of them. the sky is nice. this wide crop works good here. i like the blue part of the border.

bad: i think the snow? is too blown. and the ultra-white border line conflicts with the white of the snow. overall the image seems a bit dark too.

Alone
by Lore

Comment:
good: i like the composition and solitary feel. the fog? gives a nice gradient and i like the look of the light through the tree. the desolate field with no other objects works great.

bad: not to much really. this is not an outstanding shot but i can't put a finger on it.

Censored
by Haneck

Comment:
this looks like a film shot. nice dof and something else i can't describe.

Winter Berth
by Hipychik

Comment:
good: meets the challenge well. i love the muted colors for this type of cloudy shot. generally very nice composition. i know there not much to the sky but i like it a lot.

bad: well the most obvious thing is that first boat with the cropped off top. i think it really needed to be there. i think the whole picture needed a wider shot. other than that not much.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
by rmezzo

Comment:
good: good rendering of challenge theme. i know what she wants. this is one of those shots that seems to break a few rules in a good way. also hard to put a finger on it, like the somewhat blown highlights and flat lighing. i also like the pink hue it has.

bad: like i said normally i wouldn't like the blown highlights like this but here i think it's ok. not much i don't like really. i started out thinking 6-7 but now i say 8.

Serenity
by Brin

Comment:
good: definitely give sense of silence. i like the reflections, the dramatic sky and composition. i like the lighting of the boat and clarity of the whole image. actually quite nice.

bad: not much really.

february
by tnun

Comment:
good: i like the stark contrast. the silence is obvious. the blown sky works very well here. i think this would be risky entry but i like it.

bad: i know there are people that might have problems with this but this is my type of picture. so my opinion is probably irrelevant.

Don't Tell Anyone
by jamity

Comment:
good: this does represent silence. there's a story here and therefore is relating