Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by RKT:
4...I have no idea what this is inspired by. The light and texture on the cabbage is nice, and I wish the cards weren't there. They're not in or out of focus enough to not be annoying. It's just a weird little still life, but not weird enough to be interesting.

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by Cory:
Cabbages and Kings huh?...

Technically that's not a novel, it's a collection of short stories.

..

Images like this upset me somewhat - it's a good image, very nicely done. But... It's not right, it doesn't meet the challenge. Not only is it not a novel, but... Dunno.. Does the image really capture the work? Or is it just a clever visual pun?

So what am I left to do? Reward the great image? Or punish the failure to follow instructions?

I suppose I'll do both, and just wish that you had chosen a novel instead of a collection of short stories.

5

Sunlit
by lei_73

Comment by MeMex2:
wonderful!!!

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by Bear_Music:
Kings, check. Cabbage, check. Composition, workmanlike. Technicals, adequate: the lighting is decent if uninspired, the choice of shallow DOF is interesting.

Does it fit the book (which is a collection of short stories, not a novel)? Not really, except for the obvious one-on-one match with the title. But see, the thing of it is that the TITLE has nothing to do with the book either; it's a quote from Lewis Carroll ("The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things: / Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings...") that highlights the miscellaneous nature of the book itself.

Heck, what am I saying? It's clean, if unimaginative, but it doesn't especially float my boat. I'll give it a 5.

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by Tiberius:
i don't get it,i just don't. and because of that i tend to ignore the well it set up, the crisp focus and so on. 6

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by tvsometime:
Why choose a short story writer for a "Classic Novel" topic? Visually I love the wet cabbage. Hold for topics such as "colitis cures", or "vegan card party" challenges. 5 for the cabbage.

I am done with this photoshoot
by lei_73

Comment by Devinder:
ha cute, kinda reminds me of Shrek

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by snaffles:
??I've read a lot of O.Henry and cannot recall a novel where four kings and a head of cabbage figured prominently.

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by see:
I an one of a few that have taken on the� Comment on every vote challenge�. I will post the score I gave you then try to explain my reasons for said vote. Hopefully nothing below will be taken personally, and maybe we can both learn from it.
I�m sorry this image has little to do with what I suggested this challenge to be, a score of 3. I�ll leave it at that.

Passing by the church doors
by lei_73

Comment by Tiny:
A little more processing to lighten the shadows and subdue the highlights and I think this would be a lovely image.