While outside in the black lands
by pineapple

Comment:
good fulfillment of challenge, I like the isolated subject and the position you've captured him in. 8

Reflection
by tumitumi

Comment:
nice abstract, esthetically pleasing. 8

Blackened By Mind
by Painiel

Comment:
I love the mysterious lines and light, and not quite being able to figure out where I am. 9

Bench in the Desert
by phoetic

Comment:
beautiful composition, excellent use of high contrast b/w (or is it really high contrast, or just a juxtaposition of light tones and dark tones?). 8

Wading
by fordmanf1

Comment:
looks like an old, fading Japanese print held up to a fire. Such texture, I'm convinced I can touch my screen and feel the bumps. 8

Under the Boardwalk
by MichaelC

Comment:
this shot is almost dizzying because it "flips" visually, similarly to those cubes in the optical illusion, are they concave or convex? Looking again, I suppose the image is inverted? If so, it's an excellent use of this technique (which is so rarely used well). I love being disoriented. I think it's the job of the visual artist to disorient... and sometimes to reorient. 9

Up to Urbanity
by Cutter

Comment:
excellent processing, perfect for this photo and this challenge. I love how the lines virtually disappear into their highlights. 9

Hardcore Gamer
by jmlelii

Comment:
the processing is so 70s, as are the pinball tables and floor. This photo is rich with nostalgia. It is my childhood. I wasn't a huge pinball machine player, but my Dad actually bought a pinball machine and we had one in the house. It's also an excellent fulfillment of the challenge, a small subject in the corner is made prominent purely through the use of leading lines. I would suggest "Old School Gamer" as the title. 9

reading leading lines...
by aditi

Comment:
I like how the actor is almost completely silhouetted. The only thing we see is the back wall. This emphasizes the artificiality of theater, but also, because it is a backdrop of letters, it suggests the entire creative process of theater, which starts as a piece of writing, which is then brought to life by actors and a director. Here we have the actor in darkness, so we feel we are watching the very moment of creation, a sunrise of creativity. 9

Hostile Takeover
by sher

Comment:
the ornate beauty of decay, perfectly captured.