Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by mjcecil:
Great subject. Good contrast. Maybe expose a tad longer.

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by daysez:
Ooh! I realy like the tezture of the wood grain and the monotone makes it look old. the contrast is a little strong for my tasts but that in no way detracts from the picture. What I am having trouble with is the composition, the curved symbol or cutout, whatever it is, as the center of focus needs to be at a prominate point of the picture, ie. center or at a third, In my opinion. Even so this is one of my top ten.

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by jmsetzler:
nice work! The only suggestions i have for this one is to either include the entire string or remove it completely... I also would like a diagonal orientation, but that is just my personal preference... great shot :) = 9 - jmsetzler

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by Kimbly:
Quite a lovely composition. Love how you can see the grain of the wood so well. Nice use of black and white, and great contrast.

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by Heather-Mae:
I would have personally liked this in color better, I think. But the grain of the wood looks really good. It's kind of blurry though, sharper would have also been my preference. I like it overall, though.

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by karmat:
I like the bw on this, and how you have captured the wood grain. maybe shift the frame a bit to the left so that the partial string is eliminated. karmat

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by courtenay27:
Nice. Simple yet bold elements. Subject fills the whole frame with nothing extraneous to distract your attention. Seems to lose focus farther down the photo though as if focused on the light source at the top.

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by Martin:
Very nice b/w shot but really just scrapes in the criteria of the challange!

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by tunnard:
nice. the grain of the violin really emphasizes the age of the subject! and thats the aim of the competition, so im givin it a 10 :)

Portrait of an Old Violin
by paganini

Comment by Shiiizzzam:
Very nice. I love how you framed this and the b/w choice = 8 shiiizzzam