Divine
by RKT

Comment by Netwalker100:
really nice. B&W was a good choice

Divine
by RKT

Comment by smilebig4me1x:
my goal is to comment on every photo in this challenge..heres urs..good luck..nice wheel....B&W is a great choice

Divine
by RKT

Comment by CEJ:
Makes me think of the Low Men. Nice shot.

Divine
by RKT

Comment by kitchwitch2:
Technically good but seems very commercial.

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by RKT:
for me...darkness is not all things morbid and depressing or creepy and weird...I find a certain comfort in it's coolness...a safety in it's shelter...a beauty in it's softness...and perhaps I'm a little old fashioned...but keeping the hot sunshine out of my house during these hot southern summers really helps with the energy bills...really...it does...don't hate me because I'm frugal :P

Message edited by author 2005-06-22 11:43:29.

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by blad:
I can assume the sliver of light from the window is your justification for darkness or an addiction to scent. never the less this is the best entry for this chall. A beautiful photo with great comp and lighting as well as an intriging statement....Good Luck!!!!

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by CEJ:
I have come back to this photo 5 or 6 times now. I keep looking at it and looking at it. I try and relate your title to it. I really have tried to see your'darkness' in this image, but just can't. Instead of dinging you because I cannot see something inyour image, I passed on voting. It certainly is a good image and an interesting one speaking from perspective. Good luck!

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by tpoc:
I think this is a really cool photograph, and I love the contrasts of wall and curtain, the image in the mirror, and those perfume bottles. I interpret this photo as the curtains providing the darkness/escape from the sweltering heat. I wish this photo could have more effectively relayed the heat and escape for the theme.

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by Artifacts:
Nice still life. Image quality is excellent and color fine. Including a portion of the mirror adds interest to the composition. The blue in the reflected ceiling is great.

Though it is obvious what you connection to the challenge topic is there will probably be narrower thinking voters that will not buy it, even though it is supposed to be what darkness means to YOU.

If there is a technical flaw it is that the focal plane is the wall instead of the center of the perfume bottles. If you had did that or took the image with a naroower aperature to increas e the depth of field then you could have had the front bottles in as clear of focus as the wall, draps and mirror. They are slightly soft as is.

Overall this is an very good picture, but probably will not achieve the score it deserves.

Strange Fruit
by RKT

Comment by twm122:
I immediately recognized the title as a song title. I love this song by Billie Holiday. Very nice Connection. Although the words have a different meaning, but that just would not do well to portray that at all.