demitasse en vert
by nadiaC

Comment:
Beautifully done. My only negative is that I would have used a fork instead of a spoon. That would introduce a sense of culture clash whereas a spoon is used in both the East and the West.

Not looking forward to breakfast
by cjoconn22

Comment:
The egg in the foreground is a critical part of the photograph. I would have preferred to see it in focus.

Pure Skill
by Gert312

Comment:
Great expression.

Glass never tasted so good.
by Dan_Cottle

Comment:
The expression is priceless, the lighting/balance/tone/etc is dead on. The framing is perfect. The only thing I would have changed is the contents of the spoon. Glass just does not trigger my sense of realism. Perhaps if you borrowed a line from Mary Poppins and made the image "A Spoonful of Sugar".

Routines
by zeuszen

Comment:
I like the point of view of this photo as well as the composition. My only concern is its relation to the theme. The photo composition itself is not complex nor is the subject. I actually consider something routine as being the oposite of something complex. Then again, maybe my life is too simple. However, given the vaqueness of this challenge, I am not scoring based on meeting the challenge.

Second City
by kirbic

Comment:
Speechless. If I lived in Chicago, I'd be buying a print of this. Very nicely done.

Spokes & Gears
by Artyste

Comment:
Gears? Complex? Aren't they classified as simple machines? ;) Alright, I'll stop being a geeky engineer and look at this photo as a photographer. The composition is very good and well balanced. The only thing I would change is to give the bottom of the derailleur a bit more room. It's looks somewhat crowded with the close crop. Also, the spokes just left of the derailleur look a tad out of focus and some others (along with parts of the frame) are refelcting too much light. But believe me, I know how hard it is to not get bright reflections when photographing round metalic objects. As far as the color of the grass, I suspect you may get a few comments about it not being green. Personally, I like the desaturation. It gives the grass a metalic feel that ties it in nicely with the subject.

Design Vision
by Firsty

Comment:
That is a very interesting tehnique and, seing that it is validated, I hope you comment on how you did it. I look forward to comming back to see. Overall, it doesn't realy scream complexity to me. Actually, the image would speak more to simplicity as you have taken a 3-D object and simplified it to a line drawing. On the other hand, the technique you used to do this is probably quite complex so I will grant you the challenge topic on that alone. Overall, the only thing that bothers me is the fact that the top right corner of the cartridge is obscured. It's nit-picky, but I am an information junkie, and when their is some information that I can't see, it somewhat bothers me. But aside from my peeves, the composition is very well balanced. Nicely done.

Intricate Design
by singale

Comment:
I understand the choice in cropping to highlight the complexity of the skin, but I think you are sitting in the middle of the road here. Either a tighter crop of the hands or a wider crop including the entire person would have been preferable. As it is, I am seing too much of what you didn't intend to show me. It leaves me wanting to see more of the people.

To upload...
by spydr

Comment:
I like the choice in angling the composition. It adds a nice sense of depth to an otherwise flat subject.