Subway View
by Andres Arango

Comment:
Love it. Reminds me of one PAD participant over at PBase (SteveH) who posts lots of wonderful shots of the London Underground. I like that you can just about see the frame of the window on the right and the bottom, the train moving in the background, the smears on the window and of course the graffiti. Lights at the top also help pull the whole shot together. Great choice for bw. Not sure how this will go down on DPC, but I really like it. Good luck :)

I am protected
by greslizzz

Comment:
Did you give this a hint of blue for that cold feeling? Or is it just the leftover snow on some of the branches that leaves the impression? Good angle, nice toning. Image is a bit too busy, I think some more straight trees (if you can find them) would probably work better for me. Not sure about the white border, it is too close to the sky at the top. A really thin gray or black line (one pixel each side) and then the white would've set the image off better IMO.

hold me
by adone

Comment:
Hm. Nice bw tones, so meets the challenge. I am distracted by the grown out nailpolish, and the lighting is a bit harsh. Nice composition.

Pretty
by jsas

Comment:
This is borderline abstract to me. A little too recognizable. Having said that, I like the colors, the contrast of the soft feathers against the hard metal and how the chain is looped to lead the eye through the photo.

Marvin
by ggbudge

Comment:
This is definitely an abstract, since I have no idea what I'm looking at. Having said that, if I'd seen this in a gallery, my first thought would not have been that this is a photo. It may not be, but it looks heavily changed in post-processing to me. I like the curves and the colors, am in two minds about the grain, will have to come back and look again for that.

Flame wave
by kiwiness

Comment:
Oh, yes, beautiful! Yes, I think I can tell what this is (I was considering shooting paper, too, but got sidetracked with another idea), but it's clearly still an abstract in my mind. Love the composition, the vibrant red against the black background, the DOF, I think you got it nailed here.

Flex
by james_so

Comment:
Straws? Great idea for this. Abstract even though I can tell what this is. Couple of things that - if changed - would improve this one for me: More DOF (so the bottom is in focus, less reflections (not an easy one, I know), crop a bit tighter on the top right corner.

Silver
by liv4him330

Comment:
I can sort of see what I'm looking at (a vent cover or similar), but I think it's still an abstract. The shallow DOF, and the only thing being in focus being all the way to the left of the image sort of pull my eye over to only that side, I wonder if I would like a different focal point or more DOF better.

Conundrum
by Sinky

Comment:
Definitely an abstract, I have absolultely no clue what I'm looking at :) Nice symmetry and color hues and texture. Now, I'm not saying it is, but it looks to me as if a photoshop filter has been applied rather strongly. I guess I'll just check this out again when the results are posted. :)

1779, Never Before
by Imagineer

Comment:
I can recognize what this is but I think this still qualifies for an abstract :) I like the highlights on some of the metal although overall, this is a bit dark on my monitor.