Living with it
by UrfaK

Comment:
the eye contact in the girl makes me VERY uncomfortable looking at the shot. a big success for a documentary/journalistic style photograph. similarity between lambs and two guys scrounging in the trash says a lot about their conditions. last bust not the least, those nice cars in the background shows the proof of financially extremely unbalanced society. one of the best shots i have seen in the documentary genre recently.
will look forward to knowing more about this place and how you shot this photograph. thanks in advance.

Greenhouse Effect
by HeiSch

Comment:
nice idea and equally well executed. good to see something "different". i have to admit that i do not like the oddly cropped can. if you just wanted to include the starting point of the spray, diagonal composition could have been better. i mean, the point of origin of the spray in any bottom corner with spray going diagonally up. with pure background like this, rotation wouldn't have been difficult. i like this nonetheless.

Where Oil Meets Water
by cns

Comment:
exposure wise, this is just a bit on the darker side for my taste but has excellent tones and engaging composition. btw like the title too. good work.

Wrong Side of the Tracks
by roba

Comment:
i like the documentary feel of this shot. not sure about the overall color cast though. the mask, bunny, girl with pink clothes, rail road with crossing sign, ugly telephone/light wires, and last but not the least factory. every single element adds a meaning/interest in the image. brilliantly planned and composed.

Pumpin'
by karmat

Comment:
very appropriate choice of post processing (bw, high-key with grains). reminds me of the BW treatment in the movie "PI:Faith in chaos".

Beautiful Polluted World
by mileswilliams

Comment:
there are so many details to look at in this landscape. you did not only captured the smoke well but also included the fog on the water exceptionally well. Reminds me of the ocean on the planet Solaris, from the original/old "Solaris" movie.

Columns of steam
by Brin

Comment:
excellent job capturing the "translucent" smoke. addition of reflection was a very good touch. why did not you try increasing the saturation? did you want to keep the mood of the photo a bit rough/dirty, instead of pretty, to fit the theme more appropriately?

H20 & Oil Rainbow
by jhess77

Comment:
nice attempt at an abstract shot. i find it a little on the darker (brightness wise, not mood wise) though. i like the idea over all.

IT NEVER SLEEPS
by roz

Comment:
what a nice riot of saturated colors! nice choice of exposure to get the beautiful "star" effect on the lights. i like the smoothness of the background too.

Who Dumped Their Butts On My Road!?!
by liberty

Comment:
this photo has a high technical merit (cannot think of anything wrong with dof, exposure, composition) but does not hold viewers' attention for long, which makes it a 5 photo for me. some sort of interest in the background could have helped the photograph.