cornershop
by grahamgorman

Comment:
Finally a photo where the photo tells the story not the title! Very good creativity. The big malls kill the small cornershops. To me it's not an spectacular technically interesting photograph (apart from the grey tones which support the theme well), but it has a clear message. That's why I like it.

Watching Over Capitalism
by magus1

Comment:
Very nice photograph. Good angle. There are two points of interest. First the flag, because imaginary guiding lines point to it (e.g. the skyscrapers on the left and especially on the right). Second, the statue with the interesting gesture. Some could say that's not simple enough and you should have concentrated on one object, but I like it. With some phantasy one can interpret the flag as a symbol for capitalism.
The sun flare is a little distracting but actually I think the writing behind the statue is more distracting. It would be so nice without it, but I guess they would have thrown you in jail when you would have tried to remove it ;-)
I guess the writing was colored, so you decided to make the photo black and white. That was a good decision.

Heaven and Hell
by chakkobbo

Comment:
i love this photo. it's simple but tells a lot. very effective.

monopoly: a guide for the aspiring capitalist who envisions sole domination of the corporate world
by brent matsuo

Comment:
the title is way too long. why explain it so much. the photo is able to tell it on it's own.

Rock, Paper, Scissors
by stephan

Comment:
I was pretty shocked when seeing the first two comments. I wasn't aware of the photo in the Games challenge. However, I think I would have submitted anyways when knowing in advance.

The glare on the scissors was intended. I wanted to show the cool, gleaming metal in contrast to the plain paper and the fractured rock. Actually the glare was what made me to submit this photo.

Thanks to all for your comments.

Old Barn Wood
by kposey

Comment:
it's quite unsharp. try to decrease the aperture to have more DOF.

Flying...
by lennier

Comment:
Very creative! Interesting angle. But i think it would be better if you had cropped more from the top so that it's not visible that the figure is connected to something. Even if that involves cropping the fingers.

Sony Center Cupola
by stephan

Comment:
Wooho! It's my highest scored photo now :-) Many thanks. I was a bit worried about being "cliche" because it's an often photographed subject in Berlin, but since most of you live in the US I thought I would be on the safe side ;-)

It's a bit strange to see that most of you voted with 6 but I almost only got very positive comments. So special thanks to pnicholls for the constructive criticism. I also would have liked a little more of the shades on the right side. Now it looks a bit open. But I wanted the shaft going straight to the bottom right corner more than showing more on the right side.
A different angle was not possible because of the surroundings. There were inhibition gates around because cunstruction men wanted to build a stage or something. The security guards didn't let me through.

Anyway. Thanks again for all your positive feedback. Much appreciated :-)

Lonely
by Goatfather

Comment:
Very nice. Simple, yet powerful. I think using the rule of thirds and zooming out and putting the flower to the lower right corner would make this shot even better.

Falling into a Dream
by timj351

Comment:
Wonderful photo! Very nice lighting and colors. The only thing is that I would have tried to let the girl look up, maybe a little more to the direction of the watrerfall. Now she seems to be a bit concentrated too much on herself.
The title suggests that she's falling asleep but then I would have chosen a more relaxed pose. Like resting on her ellbows.