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.

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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.

Tribute to O.Henry
by lei_73

Comment by Tiny:
Not really a classic novel and not keen on the image either.4.