Taxi Stand
by pawdrix

Comment:
And ditto. How did you do this? It's a really interesting effect.

herbs
by ach

Comment:
not really an appliance.

Espresso
by pacpinto

Comment:
The idea is OK, but the image is out of focus and the highlights are blown out, or maybe that's how it looks before you have your first coffee of the day!

Gravity splash!
by Snorri94

Comment:
nice image but missing the challenge topic in my personal opinion

The "Royal.Shirt.Steamer" - R.S.S TEFAL
by Cheerz

Comment:
Decent stock sort of image

12-Cup Coffee Maker
by 777STAN

Comment:
Well, it's a household appliance that's for sure, but it lacks a bit in the creativity part of the challenge description.

Sew me..
by chestom

Comment:
This is a nice idea, but that border really takes away from the image itself.

"Jonathan Livingston Seagull" by Richard Bach
by vawendy

Comment:
Wendy, I didn't vote on this challenge. However, like VitaminB I probably would have only given it a 5.

From a compositional point of view, I find this to be framed too tightly. I would want to see more of the sky. In fact, to be honest, I think to portray JLS well, a soaring seagull, however boring, would have perhaps been a higher scoring choice.

Also, it looks like this has been heavily cropped and somehow that affects the image quality. Please bear in mind this is only my opinion, but it may explain some of the 3s and 4s. Don't know if this helps at all.

IMG_9085.jpg
by strangeghost

Comment:
Wow John. What a success story

The Pearly White Gate
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Interesting image, I could imagine seeing it as a book jacket for a murder mystery book.

I like how even though it's a colour image, it looks like a black and white. The composition is good, I am a fan of negative space, although I perhaps would have liked the lone figure to be a bit further to the right, but that's a miniscule nit pick and simply my personal preference. I like the silhouetted figure with the strong backlighting, it's very effective. Also the complete darkness adds to the sense of mystery.

Tying to analyse why this did not score higher is difficult, I think it's a well composed interesting image, but I suppose it perhaps lacks the WOW factor that is typically associated with DPC free study challenges. I would have expected it to be more like 6.0.