our hope comes with the dawn
by clay808

Comment:
Very nice image. Good colors and composition. Positive spaces and negative spaces work well. IMO the border detracts. Among my top picks.

Success is our hope
by jonpink

Comment:
Wow! This feels like a ribbon winner to me. It is obviously a very dramatic image. The silhouettes work well with the dramatic sky. The pose of your model is unexpected and the lighting (especially of his face against the dark sky) is wonderful. I am one of the school of thought that dislikes borders but I try to remain open minded. In this case, the border detracts IMO.

In any event, a fine photo. Congratulations.

"Help...I am Stranded on a ......"
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Cleaver idea, and well executed. The colors and textures of the rocks you've captured are outstanding. Focus is terrific. Nice highlights and reflections. Borders are risky, but in this case I think you've pulled off a good one. Some will quibble about the central placement of the bottle (comp) but in this case I think it works well to separate the background of the top and bottom halves. Great job!

hopefully never ending
by gstrotmann

Comment:
This is a vry dramatic shot. Well captures, focused and cropped. Colors are terrific. I scored it highly even though the tie in to the theme is a bit weak.

Light at the End of . . .
by Kylie

Comment:
I have no idea what this has to do with hope but I like the picture well enough to score it well. I like the sharp contrst between the dark and light areas. I like the focus a DOF.

Hopeful Waterboy
by Mona

Comment:
Don't know what this has to do with hope, but I like the picture. Colors, focus and composition are all vry dynamic. Nice job with this one.

"HOPE Floats... or it just BOB's"
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Bumped your score up a point for your sense of humor!

Irony
by RedOak

Comment:
I hope it's just my monitor but this is pretty dark. I can see the red background, the silhouette of the bottle and the the Absolut Vodka words but little else. From what I can see, it could be a pretty dramatic image but I can see so little I don't see the tie in to hope.

Hope can't be chained
by arngrimur

Comment:
I hope it's just my monitor, but the dark chains are so dark I can see little detail. I think if I could see them better I could have given a higher score.

Undying Hope
by ggbudge

Comment:
If your camera will allow it, making the image bigger would help. I'd like to see more of the detail here.