Fall in the City
by goodtempo

Comment:
Beautiful colours in the building, but I think you should only have pushed the blues and cyans as the foreground is too oversaturated. Perhaps some different cropping was required, there are just too many elements which take my eye away from the great building. 6

New Yorker Hotel
by jtny

Comment:
Fantastic, I love the light you've caught here, this was a good time of day for this shot. Great saturation. I like the grid pattern in the sky, although I'm not quite sure what it is. However, the composition doesn't quite work for me. In my opinion, the new yorker building needs to take up more of the frame. 7

I dreamed I was young. Again.
by pcody

Comment:
At first, I was going to give this a six, but it grabbed my attention and grew on me as I pndered on it. I'm not sure the title really helps you here, I think there are all sorts of ways to interpret this which should be left to the viewer and I wonder how many people are going to limit their appreciation of the shot by relying on the title to make sense of it. The combination of black and white and vivid red is very effective. The use of light and shadow, both of the sillhouette and the shadow of the garment is great. I love the composition. There is something very vivid and dreamlike about this shot. The use of shadow and red really communicate the feel of raising repressed sexuality through a dream environment. Ambitious stuff. 8

The Lurker
by moodville

Comment:
Fabulous shot, full of character. Great textures and composition. Effective range of tones, I like the low key background. Great model, very effective. Reminds me of German expressionist silent films. My only quibble is that the man's forehead looks a bit odd... there's a bit too much tonal contrast there. Shame you can't dodge and burn. Excellent work. 9

Dreams of a photographer...
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
Lovely shot, my favourite of the challenge. This is the best border I've seen on a photo at DPC, and really enhances the mood of the picture. Great idea for a dream... sex and photography! The fact that the woman has her back to the viewer really adds to the sense of mystery, along with the use of blue and rippley textures. The pictures on the wall are great, to me they represent the way that dreams have of uniting seperate elements that drift into consciousness. Excellent work. 10

First day at work
by timboydwhite

Comment:
Great comical picture, with a lot of impact. Fantastic burnt out background. Good composition. Very imaginative. Shame about the glare on the shoes, but this is really a minor point. 10

The Shadow
by thelsel

Comment:
Very effective use of grain, excellent expression captured. Good use of light and shadow, excellent composition. 10

A Living Nightmare
by christyrack

Comment:
I'm really puzzled as to how you achieved this... inverting it doesn't seem to make it any clearer! I really like the textures, idea and composition... the outline of the spider make it seem more primal than seeing an actual spider. 10

All is Lost
by vonautsch

Comment:
Great idea, but the composition lets it down. All the elements (tree, bush, sword) seem to blend into each other, and I feel they need to be seperated. Great sky and lighting, but it's a shame about the burnt out highlights on the tree trunk. 6

Dragon's breath...<gulp>
by Everyday Renee

Comment:
Wow, what an amazing sunset. In almost any challenge, a 10. But this seems a bit shoehorned into this challenge. So, score: 7