Black & White... and Violett
by apbolt

Comment:
I had to laugh about this first. Then I realized that in the left is a tombstone. I like how the picture suggested two opposite feelings to me in but a second. But that's about all there is to it. The shadow is annoying, because it divides the word Violett in two parts. Nice idea, though.

Dominance
by Koriyama

Comment:
Now this one took me quite some time to judge.
I feel the figures should be more to the left, but I can't tell why. Strange. I'm glad you didn't use a chess board as surface. It would have distracted from the figures. The title fits perfectly, and the feeling of dominance is striking.
I just don't know what to make of the figures in the back. I don't see how they would add to the athmosphere, but they're good to fill the otherwise empty space.
Very nice, 9.

Caged: One day I'll get out of here!
by arbil14

Comment:
I like the shadow of the cage in the hawk's head. A very nice way to bring something into your image that's actually not in it.

Need Gas? Eat Beans!
by Gringo

Comment:
This one's funny. Thanks. I like how many texture's are in there, without the image confusing the eye. I don't know whether you'd have got the permission to do so, but you might have put one of the pipes on the ground. Would have made the impression of decline even stronger.

Self Portrait
by mecfcosta

Comment:
The noise removal made the otherwise interesting structure on the skin disappear. A pity. I'd have placed the hand a bit lower, showing but the fingers. Nice idea not to show the eyes. The wather has to imagine your face.

Retired
by tfaust

Comment:
Nice textures! But I don't get the title. The rope is still useful, isn't it?

Charlie
by Warby

Comment:
That 'Waring' text is annoying. Did you think about leaving the right hand in the image?

Fireworks from the Sea
by sfabio

Comment:
Fireworks are meant to be colourful, aren't they? I'd have cropped off 25% at both sides, so only the sea at the bottom would be left.

Vegas Dreamin'
by sns

Comment:
Now this looks interesting. Yet there are just too many dices.

JD in B&W
by Wobble

Comment:
I like that noise. 'Old time' eh?