Skinny doors
by Melethia

Comment:
Wow, this did great for you, and you probably did choose the one that did better in voting! To be honest though, I like your outtake "sliding doors" better. But then everyone has different tastes, and the voting curve always reflects that.

Transitional Approximation (Minimalist Photographic Art)
by lpatrick

Comment:
I just had another look at this on my PC at work, where I have my monitor calibrated. With a calibrated monitor there is a LOT more fine detail and subtle shading visible.

Grapes
by choltmeier

Comment:
Well, you knew it would do poorly, didn't you? But you really cleaned up on comments. the low averages with lots of fun comments makes for an interesting roller-coaster of a challenge. I gave it an 8, btw.

Transitional Approximation (Minimalist Photographic Art)
by lpatrick

Comment:
Yup. Thought this was yours. Abstracts generally do poorly here, but you knew that. Appealing to a handful of people that appreciate these things is a good goal however, and I think you hit it. I see that 28 people (myself included) though it was worth a 6 or above and 4 of them really liked it with a 10.

Looking forward to seeing how you do in the abstract b/w challenge this coming week.

How did that get in there?
by LiamD2005

Comment:
Didn't come up for me in voting, but I think it was a good idea that just didn't work for this challenge. Maybe next week we'll have a veggies challenge. By the way, is that a foil candy wrapper in there? I thought you knew to stay away from foil now!

The Shoehorner
by Art Roflmao

Comment:
Shoulda known this was yours. Great job.

Tea Serenade
by ol_possum

Comment:
Not sure what it is, but this appears like you put some planning and thought into it. Not sure if it is the overall lighting that is the problem for me, or maybe it's the crop on the right side.

Wisteria
by naomik

Comment:
I see some softness and compression artifacts that don't belong. Your file size of only 76k indicates you could have gotten more clarity and detail into this shot. compression kills. Check your settings when you save your file and always save as close as you can to the challenge limit. (150k for basic) I'll probably be the only one to leave such a comment, however. Otherwise, this is a very good and artistically done shot.

Purple Shade
by buffycushman

Comment:
Sure, put some pretty bikini clad girls in the pic and then hide them behind some, uh, purple umbrellas.

Grapes
by choltmeier

Comment:
Hmmmm. Nice OOB thinking on this. But, how do I know they are not green grapes? Gotta give you a good score for both a well done image and making me have to think about it. Hope you don't get killed with DNMC votes, because this deserves to do well.