Meet You at the State!
by livitup

Comment:
Brilliant colors and exposure. The foreground is not helping here at all. I might look to crop almost everything but the top third.

Pop
by gloda

Comment:
Wonderful and playful. Brilliant eyes, great light. I actually would have liked to see more in focus and I would have whitened the eyes which would make them even more stunning. Really love it.

hey wake up, we are blue today !
by goc

Comment:
I am not sure I can do as well as you did for me by way of comments ("Return to Civil War?" in photojournialism) but I thought I at least owed a shout.

First, I think your score for this shot is absurd. I would give it at least a 8 or 9. Here's what I like:

The painterly feel and monotone colors work exceptionally well. It is surreal but not impossible. Warm shapes and cool colors work well as contrast for me. The simplicity of only one subject also works well.

I would try with even less focus on the foreground flower to see if that let's the entire image take on a painterly feeling. What if it is all a blur and the color and shapes become the entire subject. I have been playing with blurred images to make color the subject and occassionally enjoyed the result. My only other thought would have been to clip away the closed flower.

Overall works very well for me.

John

Smoking Bullet
by xianart

Comment:
The pitfalls of creating art. I still think this is one of the best of the bunch. A your score should be far higher. Love the creativity.

G R E E N 'L I F E'
by vikas

Comment:
Exceptional coloras and nice composition.

Youthful Art To Replace Graffiti
by BrianR

Comment:
I would get right in close on this. With no people to provide context you need to overwhelm us with the power of the iamges.

Controversial Exhibit at the National Gallery
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Great sky and sense of being surrounded.

No place to lie his weary head, but $5 richer this day.
by ericwoo

Comment:
toning works well.

Remembering the fire that took his life
by Painiel

Comment:
Strong compsition and foreground elements.

Traditional Dances
by steinar

Comment:
Cute girl and strong sense of being part of the action. Playing with the curves may give you better skin tone.