Robust
by Majanka

Comment:
Very clever composition as well as sympathetic toning and processing. The idea expressed by the soil and the title lifts this above the run-of-the mill bottle studies. 8.

Untitled
by JunieMoon

Comment:
This is the most informal of the several "bottle studies", which gives it an added spark of life. The toning is superb. 7.

Green Glass
by FranziskaLang

Comment:
Nice lighting and terrific processing. 7.

my favorite..
by Dan_Cottle

Comment:
One of the best examples I've seen of taking a rare point-of-view of an everyday object. It is also a very fine tribute to the artistry of the chair's designer/builder. Great idea, well executed. 7.

Harry The Egg Man
by hotpasta

Comment:
Harry is brilliant! The photograph initially appears very busy, even jumbled, but it is actually composed and executed with great skill and subtlety. The combination of light, lines and exposure is terrific, and the photograph works very smoothly and confidently. It's a really fine street photograph, and one of the few of that genre that is all the better for a bit of impromptu "posing" of the subject. 8.

Winter Brown
by Pug-H

Comment:
This is interesting because of the strange background, which you have managed to make appear like aged leather with this unusual toning treatment. Also an absorbing subject ... or maybe it's an "anti-subject"? You'll be getting spanked in the voting, but I'm guessing that's of little consequence to you. It's an interesting and adventurous photograph, and that alone is worth a minimum of 7. Bravo.

Ascend
by JPR

Comment:
Brilliant explosion. Not only a marvellous study of the water and the light, but it also tells us something interesting about the duck ... so much better than one of those tiresome super-detail bird studies, which are surely interesting only to ornithologists. Tones are perfect for the situation, too. 7.

Moving Rocks
by gaurawa

Comment:
This is (slightly) my preference of the two studies of this rock. I'd like it even more if the rock and it's "trail" were not there at all. The foreground detail is very good, and the top third is masterful. 7.

evolve
by k4ffy

Comment:
A very clever little joke, but it may be lost on those who think that ponderous V8's are serious cars. This image actually explores the evolution concept in other ways, too ... the feeling implicit in the guy's posture & positioning could be a subtle nod to Darwinian random variation as marginalisation. But maybe I'm making far too much of it. The tones are very good, by the way; the black is rich and oily-silky; the blue is just enough to make its point. I'm a Subaru man, myself. 8.

Portrait on a Blustery Cape Cod Morning
by kirbic

Comment:
Not fair. I want to give it a very high score because of its terrific tones (easily the best I've seen after 162 votes so far). I want to score it high because of its charm ... this bloke just looks like fun! Also because of its pure composition, and because of its unpretentiousness. All that. Trouble is, it's you, and you'll only think I'm being irrationally generous. So screw you ... it's a 3!
(just kidding: 9)