Blue on Blue Abstract
by dleach

Comment:
Ok I'm lowballing this and here is why. Blue on Blue is what you present as your theme. Yet the dominant subject in the photo are the large red bars. Add to this the white railing or knee wall and the brown bit of concrete showing and this is about as far removed from color on color as could be.

Compositionally, this was a nice idea. As this is advanced editing, I think you could have taken this and played with the colors to get everything up as shades of blue to better meet the challenge. Also would have been good to clone out that piece of hair or whatever is in the top right corner.

Minted Peas
by froglet

Comment:
This is a nice shot and a really appealing balance between shades of green.

With the flat dof, it loses some spark. I would have liked it if the peas were a bit out of focus, drawing the eye to the leaf. Or setting the leaf off to one side or the other of the shot. Any of that or some other method to improve the contrast between subjects would improve the shot, but really nice overall.

6.

Citrus
by BigK

Comment:
Really nice. I like the halo around the orange. Wish the shadow were a bit darker to provide a bit more contrast. Also would have liked to see that little bit of green stem plucked out so this would have been purely a composition of oranges.

6.

Blue gaze
by Gaby_G

Comment:
Pros: those blue eyes really make the shot. Texture of the paint on the skin really nice. I like the highlight under the eye. Like the dof.

Cons: The little bit of the other eye that is showing, and the eyebrow, detract from the shot. Would like to see all of the main eyebrow, and if you had painted or powdered it a lighter shade of blue as well that really would have sex'd it up. As this was advanced editing, another thing that could really have added some spark would be to either get rid of the veins in the eye or else tint the white part of the eye a light shade of blue as well.

6.

Body & Lines
by hanneke

Comment:
I voted a 5 on this.

The image is so dark that the rope prop becomes a distraction.

I didn't feel that using the contrast between the skin and the black background was really showing lines. I guess it is splitting hairs, but this is just exploiting contrast that highlights the edges of the body parts. If an edge is the same as a line then a picture of anything in the physical universe would meet the challenge. ;)

Were the rope more prominent in the photo, it would have better relayed the concept to me.

So, there ya go. I get a lot of hatemail for being a troll, so a 5 from me is probably a 7 or 8 from someone else ;). Above comments aside, I really did like the photo.

Susan on the Lake Shore
by Rebecca

Comment:
The perspective of your outtake is better, but the PP gives too much of a digital look. The original shot is perfect in that regard.

morning rituals.
by roba

Comment:
Glad to see I'm not the only practioner of this ritual.

Spiral Curves
by Virginia Leone

Comment:
9. Would like to have seen the shot be more centered, so you see an equal amount of the top and bottom of each curve rather than having the bottom of the curves lopped off. Still, a great shot and well done.

Gold Watch
by albc28

Comment:
Jewlery...

Linear reflections
by anireno

Comment:
Coolest shot in the challenge. Maybe crop it so the guy's face is moved to the right edge but still, damn fine shot. 10.