What is in the dark
by jigglebug

Comment:
Strikingly original image, and a very evocative one. I appreciate all of it, the artistic decisions invoved in the blur, the grain, the blown-out areas. Very high score from me. Good luck! I suspect you'll need it :-) Feel free to PM me and let me know how you're doing, I'm done with voting on this challenge.

Sunset Feeding
by Stagolee

Comment:
I want to hate this one for the extremely garish, manipulated orange, but I keep coming back to it with a smile. Good job.

This Way
by SiRa

Comment:
Really nice IMO. Some may argue as to whether the car or the sign is the subject, but not me.

Hand Stand Man
by Salar

Comment:
This is quite striking and very amusing too in an odd way. In my eyes its quite flawed in its obvious lean tot he right. I wish you'd squared it up; the handstand guy, obviously (at least IMO) should be on true vertical, or how could he hold his pose?

Orange # 5
by LowLght

Comment:
Truly minimalist image, very well done. I wonder how it would work with a hair more background and a bit less foreground? there seems to be a bit too much white for optimal balance. But all in all, I really like this one.

Texas Vista
by crabappl3

Comment:
Really nice capture. Works well for me. When I lay a rule on the horizon it's almost bang-on squared up, but there's an overall sense of lean to the left because the black area on the left is so massive. I think it would balance better if it were rotatted ccw a quarter of a degree or so. Perhaps a tad more shadow detail, but that may be a monitor issue. Strong entry.

Modern Culinary Masterpiece
by gloda

Comment:
I quite liek this one. Beautifully lit and colored. The title is sort of blah, but who cares?

Brief encounter
by jjbeguin

Comment:
GREAT shot, strong and imaginative. Very strong entry, and not a cookie-cutter shot to boot. I hope it does well.

Gone Fishin
by Travis99

Comment:
This is wonderfully evocative. While it's not truly "minimalist" in the pure sense of the term, it fits the challengedescription to a tee IMO. I wish you'd cropped out the OOF leaves on the right, though; they're distracting. Stron entry.

A Twist of Green and a Spot of Red
by Falc

Comment:
A fun picture. The hot spot upper left is very distracting to me, but I love the curve and the color.