Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment:
Nice idea, but when you want to show the bowl why did you add the lemon, the knife and the salad on top of it? It's a bit too much for my taste. Especially the bright yellow lemon.
Also this photo if very blurred and looks like it has a bad jpeg compression.
Colors and lighting are nice and it could have been a good photo.

Everlasting Beauty
by Baldur

Comment:
I like how the statue is hidden in the bushes. Maybe an inteded underexposure would have created more contrast between the statue and the surrounding. Different light (sunset!) also can make a photo much more interesting and dramatic.
-stephan

Old Power Station
by lisae

Comment:
Nice photo! I like the lighting. With the bright background the building is almost only a silhouette. It has enough light to show the rusty surface but not too much so that too much unimportant details in the bottom area are revealed.
Maybe off-centering the subject and moving the camera to the left would have made it even more effective.
-stephan

Centenarian
by autool

Comment:
Very nice. This saw certainly looks old and used. Good composition, interesting textures and curves.
-stephan

Baglama's True Dream
by conq

Comment:
Interesting angle! Unfortunately the white spot distracts too much. Use indirect light to avoid this. The DOF is too small for my taste. The strings behind this "thing" in the middle are in focus. But what is there? Nothing interesting. If you subject of interest was the instrument then you should have brought more if not all into focus.
- stephan

Something Old
by sulamk

Comment:
I'm not sure if the light from below at the medals was a good choice. For itself it looks good, nice contrast and very dramatic, but I think it does not fit to the photo in the background. It almost looks like the medals were put into the photo in postprocessing (what I don't think was actually done). But there is such a high contrast between the two subjects that it looks strange. Also in regard to the colors. The medals are highly saturated but the photo has very soft colors which really look old.
Now it could be that this contrast was intended. If so then, well, I don't like it ;-)
It also would be nice to see the medals completely. Instead I see the dark cloth or something like that. I also don't like that the right edge of the photo is visible.
Anyway, it fits the challenge and it's a good idea.
-stephan

El plátano en el bolsillo del diablo
by karen_v

Comment:
Nice idea! Unfortunately I don't understand spanish but I think I get the photo without the title, too :-) I like the lighting and the colors. Only thing I would like better is if I could see the bananas fully and not cut at the left side. Zoom a little out.
-stephan

untitled
by aelith

Comment:
Beautiful photo! I like this a lot. Only thing I could nit-pick about is that the bright light in the upper right corner does not fit to the rest of the photo. It's a touch too bright and also has a blue tint. If it would be the same like the bright light in the lower right corner (on the right wall of the barn) then it would be perfect. Unfortunately I don't have a suggestion how this could be achived.
-Stephan

Violin
by cq107

Comment:
I like this photo very much, especially the colors. Good focus, DOF and composition, too. Only the lighting is a little strange. The areas in the middle under the strings are too white and the gleam in the top right corner is a little too hot in contrast to the rest of the photo. But still a beatiful photo!
- stephan

RusticMe
by focus

Comment:
I'm not sure if the lighting and the coloring fits the subject. I think it would have been more effective if you would have used light from the side. That way the skin would have more shadows and more contrast and the wrinkles were more visible. This would increase the old look. Also black & white would be better in my opinion. I also would like to see more of the person. A portrait would be nicer.
Anyway. Despite of all that. overall I still think it's a nice photo.
-stephan