Defeat
by movieman

Comment:
Guess it must be a nude, since it's in a shower, but it's too gross for anything that I'd want in my own personal collection. Couldn't find that much to positively rate it for when taking into account what I expected a "nudes" challenge to be.

Candid Moment for Woody
by joebok

Comment:
Just to cutesy and cartoonish. Definitely not my style. And why the swirling background? Only mid-section was in focus - to draw attention to the crossed hands? No, it just doesn't appeal to me at all. Sorry.

Naked Lunch
by soup

Comment:
Not a nude. Almost gross, if you think about how long it sat there while someone tried to focus on the front edge of the dog. Obviously got kinda cold. :-) Nothing to rate positively - other than they did get the detail on the 1/2 inch DOF. Guess I could have given a 2 for that. But, no ... not a nude.

Elizabeth
by LegatoMuzic

Comment:
Lots of skin, obviously up-beat atmosphere, but not a nude. More of a snapshot than an artistic creation. Couldn't find positive points for rating.

Peaceful
by menardmam

Comment:
Great composition. Nicely contrasted zones from dark hair at base to light skin to dark background at top. Love the soft feeling. Curves throughout complement each other and are similarly softly shaped. Lighting is very effective. Congratulations on a very nice image.

Secret Garden
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Simple lines, almost abstract. Nice use of white space contrasting against almost solid black space with intricate detail. Maybe would have cropped 1/2 inch off bottom to get rid of one small jagged edge on stocking. Really nice photo.

Bashful
by Dufus

Comment:
Simple, anonymous, well-posed, elegant. I'm a sucker for black and white anyway. No intrusive background materials; good detail, nice lines, pretty. I really liked it.

port_005.jpg
by ScantyNebula

Comment:
Ooooh, this one I really like. Simple, clean, nice color (I'm a "blue" guy, even though I've done mostly black and white - which also probably explains some of my attraction to the image), and upbeat. It also is composed nicely. Makes me want some blue berries. (They ARE blue berries, right? Not something else "painted" blue?) I need to learn how to play with this digital stuff to get the really clean back ground you captured.

Message edited by author 2004-08-25 14:43:18.

Neon Tunnel
by Ashley4551

Comment:
I'm always fascinated with these tunnels as I drive through them. They have a tendency to give you vertigo: suddenly you're driving straight down into them, or you're upside down, about to fall off the ceiling. You caught the lines, contrasting lights and shadows and highlighting red tail lights with reflections just right. Neat image.

Parallel rulerverse
by shangri_La_gypsy

Comment:
This is such a wonderful abstract of nicely complimenting colors and patterns. Good contrasts with the blacks and lines, too. Really liked it.