Slices
by Tallbloke

Comment:
Very nice tonal range; it's well exposed & processed. There's something harmonious, even musical, about this interesting architectural detail image. It makes me think of an ascending musical scale. The grain is employed with subtlety, but I think the photograph would be at least as good without it. 7

Alone again
by nico_blue

Comment:
No need to be so bored while you're in there; take a magazine in with you.

Early Morning Bee
by Pug-H

Comment:
I wondered if some fool would try get us to swallow an insect macro with grain. Well, it turns out I'm the fool, because you've done it and it's terrific. The use of the grain effectively isolates the bug in his little round bubble of relative clarity, and the result is a very clever (and legitimate) fresh take on the idea of an insect macro. Great job! 7

Risky Business
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
Sizzling composition! I love it all; the shadows (both sharp and soft), the textures, and the terrific processing vision and execution. It's as good a job of creating this kind of spare, jagged urban detail as I've seen at DPC. 9

Umbrellas
by Imagineer

Comment:
It's umbrellas, seen through a gap in a wall or fence? No ... maybe they're reflected in a puddle? Could the little bouncing particles be rain? Hail? Popcorn? It's not beautiful, but it's interesting, imaginative and it's certainly challenging. I like all that! You'll get a crap score, but don't let that stop you doing this stuff. We all need to be stretched a bit. 7

Taking The Backstreet
by charmayne

Comment:
Yep. There's gotta be grain for this to look so good. I like the composition and especially the great slashes of sunlight. 7

A Different Walk of Life
by Cutter

Comment:
This is a very interesting, artistic sort of image, and a terrific 'street' photograph as well. Two distinct species using the same habitat, each oblivious of the other. All sorts of interesting allegorical interpretations are possible, and your image invites the viewer to give it a few moments to try a few of them out. As for the grain (and the glow), they contribute to the mood of dislocation and detachment. 8

Broken souls amoungst us.
by docpjv

Comment:
This is a most unusual and interesting photograph. It seems as if the woman is not actually present, but is merely a vision of the man's memory, which is presumably exactly the effect you were intending. This idea is supported by the composition (the two figures appear disconnected), by the apparent age difference (she's the right age to be a memory for him), and by the use of grain to establish the hazy, dream-like atmosphere. I suspect the man is actually posed in front of a photograph of the woman, in which case the use of grain is doubly effective because of the illusion it creates. Either way, I hope you DON'T tell us how you achieved this fascinating image; I prefer to believe the illusion. 8

Safe in my fathers arms
by TUBORG

Comment:
Terrific portrait. It's one of those rare images in which the care with which it was constructed, lit, captured and processed is not immediately obvious. You look at it & are first struck by the appealing little boy and the adult hands, and it just looks like a very nice photograph. It's only when you consider why it looks so good that you begin to notice just how much care and skill went into its creation. 8

"Until Death Did We Part"
by tmorninglory96

Comment:
It's sackcloth and ashes, of course ... and, in view of the title, in this case it's for mourning rather than pentinence. That makes me nervous about commenting freely, because it looks real rather than simulated. It makes a stark and arresting image. The lighting is beautiful, the composition is simple yet elegant, and the processing, including the use of grain, is sympathetic to the mood and the subject. 8