Call Me
by Elaine

Comment:
I would have preferred a real telephone key pad. This looks more like a drawing than a photograph.

Area Code 815
by giantmike

Comment:
I couldn't find an old rotary phone to shoot for this challenge. There were some of those in the houses i frequent (home, family, relatives...) but it was long time ago. I obviously like the idea and the composition is spot on.

I would love to see the red phone stand out more. The shadowy part in the earpiece of the handset is blending in the red background. I would have desaturated the red background and added some fill light on the (camera) right side of the phone. Maybe boost the reds a bit more, afterwards. But this is not my chief remark. The focus/DoF is not complimenting the idea, the challenge topic and the title. I wish the focus was either on the whole dial (1 to 0), or at least the phone number in the middle of the dial. If the phone number in the middle of the dial was in focus, it would have complemented the title very well. This way it looks kind of incomplete with the focus on the top row of numbers and the handset. All of the numbers could have been in focus without altering the DoF/aperture significantly if the camera angle was perpendicular to the dial and putting them all in the focus plane. This would, on the other hand, alter the composition in a significant way (where is a good tilt/shift lend when you need one). I cannot predict the effect of that change in composition. It might be good, but it might ruin it.

Specular highlight are tricky part of the image. On one side there are the ones that are defining the shape and the smoothness of the phone and the cord. On the other, there are some, especially bluish ones, that are distracting.

All in all, this is a wonderful image (idea, subject, composition...), that i would have chosen to execute and process in a slightly different manner.

the magic numbers
by Sabrina_Wendl

Comment:
If only all the text was in focus.

Counting sheep
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
A flock of racing sheep :-)

This comes from an anecdote from my childhood. "Look dad, racing sheep!", was my reaction when i first saw marked sheep, from a train window. I don't recall the event, but it was told and re-told many times by my parents.

zero
by NiallOTuama

Comment:
Zero, as in zero number of numbers in the image?

below zero
by mefnj

Comment:
The snow should be a bit whiter than this.

Superbowl 2016
by FocusPoint

Comment:
Nobody said that that Arabic numeral must be used for this challenge, right? And you, my friend, are totally meeting the challenge. The bad news is that, apart from an original idea and out of the box thinking, there is very little left in the image. No context, no story, no shadows, no photography.

1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55
by cresus

Comment:
Fibonacci? You are missing another 1 at the beginning of the sequence. ;-)
I like the hidden context. You have the hint in the title, but you are bordering DNMC. And the image is kinda soft and flat, as well.

One Patient Wife
by MadMan2k

Comment:
Interesting idea. Totally out of the box thinking. I predict that the majority of the voter wouldn't respond to it and vote DNMC.

My remark is not on the idea, but on the execution. The whole image is kinda flat and lacks contrast. Darker shadows. The lighting is good, though, with a nice soft transition from shadow to light (left to right) at the middle of the face.

Counting calories sure works for you
by eniko

Comment:
One of the many images that bear resemblance to at least one of the ideas i had for this challenge. Apparently we have no tape measure at home :-(

I would have preferred if the background was not so black. And it's not even full black. There are dark areas that are not black and that's a bit distracting. I would have went to the other extreme, even. High key. Also, this image would have benefited from softer lighting (and shadows)