we the living by Ayn Rand
by jmritz

Comment:
The man remanded: "Stop begging, comrade. Here is your banquet in a paper bag but first you must pay." I like this projection of there and then on here and now. A convincing link to the novel. I love the composition - dominated by the lines, angles and planes of the building which carom around the picture plane - even as it surrounds and compresses the individual (as in Communist society). This is one of the few in this challenge which make an intuitively inspired connection to the novel. 9

Go tell it to the mountain ~ James Baldwin
by Neat

Comment:
Such an ethereally beautiful alpine landscape has nothing to do with the book and like many others in this challenge, it misses the topic by a wide margin. James Baldwin's book was a widely admired milestone in the awakening of the horrors of racism in America. This image is the antithesis of the book. Still a beautiful shot whose photographic quality saves it from the lowest rating. 4

Lord of the Flies
by posthumous

Comment:
Effective visualization of the novel. The expression on the boys face, combined with the shadows and forms of the environment have the nightmare quality of the book as I remember it. Very well done. 9

Damn Dust - The Grapes of Wrath
by Rmac

Comment:
There's more going on in that window than he knows. Couldn't ask for a more expressive image of a truly classic novel - one of the greatest fictional documents of its time. The bw treatment give it a period-specific treatment strikingly reminiscent of Dorothea Lange's poignantly tragic dust bowl photos. 10

Cow and Calf
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
Effective textural processing. voted earlier

Autumn Rain on a Park Bench
by glad2badad

Comment:
Good work with the wet variation. voted earlier

"Earthly Textures"
by Cory

Comment:
Love the craggy personality of this rock. So what's its story? voted earlier

The Chopping Block
by bohemka

Comment:
Who knew? All that texture in a knife blade. voted earlier

the fabric of things
by mariuca

Comment:
Mind blowing mirror effect well seen. Lovely seasonal color. bump

Subdivision
by dswann

Comment:
Good even focus all over. voted earlier