Mindless Joy
by theSaj

Comment by Coley:
lol ...very strange image ...well done

Mindless Joy
by theSaj

Comment by muckpond:
pretty dark. this could have the colors brought up more to really make it pop.

Mindless Joy
by theSaj

Comment by justine:
Personally I don't see mood here. It could be argued of course. This is one happy scarecrow! Your shot is a bit dark. You can try levels adjustment, I think that would help here.

Mindless Joy
by theSaj

Comment by woohoopepper:
Placement a little too-centered (rule of thirds?)

Mindless Joy
by theSaj

Comment by Philos:
Although I don̢۪t say this is a bad picture I have scored this low.
Low in my book is not extremely low, but I guess there will be other people thinking the same way I do who don̢۪t leave a comment.
Don̢۪t take this the wrong way, this is my own opinion, and I am trying to let you understand what some voters may think.

In my opinion this does not meet the challenge, the description of the challenge: Take a picture that captures an emotion.
I looked hard, but I don̢۪t see an emotion. This could be my fault, but that̢۪s the reason why I voted lower as I would normaly do.

Shadow of a Hand
by theSaj

Comment by metoecus:
The horizon is level or darn close to it, but something about this composition makes it look tilted to the left. I like the shadow idea, but in minimalism there's so little to look at that everything has to work well, and somehow this doesn't feel right. Maybe it's the oddly parted fingers or the angle of the arm. Placing the focal point in the center of the frame divides it in half and makes me focus on the sides of the image (which contain slightly dirty tiles) rather than the shadow. Given the grid-like background, you probably should try to keep the shadows either as linear as possible (echoing the background) or as non-linear as possible (to be complemented by the background). Given the bland color of the tiles you might have been better off going to B&W or throwing in a flower or something as an isolated spot of color.

Mindless Joy
by theSaj

Comment by kmbr2001:
it seems a little dark.

Gold - Fought over for thousands of years....
by theSaj

Comment by buzzrock:
Original-- 8

Gold - Fought over for thousands of years....
by theSaj

Comment by Brad:
I had to study this for a bit to understand it, and had no idea that was a sword/dagger at first. Main focal point is lesson the gold band than the sword and in my opinion, should be the other way around. Mixed feelings on the text / font. (5)

Gold - Fought over for thousands of years....
by theSaj

Comment by byoung:
this earned a good score on concept and general composition ... given this was an advanced editing challenge i think accentuating ring and contrasting the text in upper left would have improved overall presentatoin