San Francisco
by gaurawa

Comment:
Very "Ansel" feeling, Nice one.

Robt.

Flowerpot!
by photom

Comment:
I can't believe this didn't place top 10... It was one of my 3 personal favorites.... I'm learning that deadpan, matter-of-fact approaches don't work very well in DPC, I think.

Water Challenge - "Under" Water Colors
by Drake

Comment:
Visually this image just isn't working. It appears disorganized, chaotic. There are some areas of nice, luminous color, But everything right of center and above the horizontal frond is just visual "lost space" with nothing good happening. It's not like you have negative space in a dance with positive space, it's like the image just peters out on its own.

Referring to the stunning original on which this is "based", all they have in common is that you have punned on his title, and I'm sure that worked against you.

I wish I had something more positive to say, but this just isn't working at any level for me.

Robt.

Vase
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
*** CRITIQUE CLUB RESPONSE ***

This was based ont he orange/blue, mirrored vases in "opposites", and it's about as creative an interpretation of that image as I can imagine. For one thing, no color. For another, no vertical mirroring. Thirdly, no left/right "swapping" of colors (or anything else).

Now I quite like this image, and I ranked it high in the challenge. I'm surprised it didn't pull a 6+. What was working against it?

As mentioned by me (and several other commenters during the challenge voting), The assymetrical framing of this is really hurting it. Granted, the original was an asymmetrical image in toto, with the subjects pushed to the right, but we could see all of those vases, it's just their location within the frame that was off-center.

I believe if this image had been perfectly symmetrical it would have picked up at LEAST another half point in the voting, maybe more. That's really the only comment I can make about it, beyond that it's a stunning almost-abstract image in its own right.

Robt.

Steel Lined Force
by Kylie

Comment:
Lacks sharpness, chaotic as heck.

Scramble 'em
by shamel

Comment:
It's clean and sharp, but IMO it would be MUCH better if the faces weren't drawn in. Lighting on the beater is very nice.

Minutes from Pie
by lettyb

Comment:
I really, really wish this had warmer, more luminous lighting. It could be so sweet if it weren't blocked up in the shadows. I especially want to see more of the crank.

Play me the Blues
by rhipster

Comment:
handsome as hell, a liuttle extreme to my tastes but well-done. A couple of extraneous areas of blue, or maybe "anomalous" is a better word... reflections on the body of the horn, rather than parts of the mechanical linkage.

Simple Sissors
by jimmsp

Comment:
Definitely simple. Way short of critical sharpness, which would seem to be a necessity for this image.

Winded Up Flashlight...
by Wildpurple

Comment:
I have no idea what this means, what it has to do with title, it's chaotic to me.