My Uncle Miguel
by azzemoto

Comment:
Love the portrait but lighting doesn't work for me. On one level one could say that having him in the shadow and not in the light is part of the sadness but to me it just seems that it's lacking in fill-in light. What wonderful expressive features though - you've captured that superbly.
7

when you are stuck in the past ...
by sainaz

Comment:
Great idea and nice composition with the heaviness of the images below and the clean wall above. Overall somewhat dark for my preferences.
7

Desolation- deprived of inhabitants
by Dim7

Comment:
What a perfect subject for this challenge and I like your choice of black and white. I am not sure the straight on viewpoint and centred composition are the strongest choices and it might be nice to have some cloud detail to the sky but those are minor suggestions. A really strong fit to challenge theme.
7

Maverick
by sjonni

Comment:
Unusual colours and a simple micro representation of a larger landscape.
7

Untrespassed
by dasser

Comment:
I find this uplifting rather than desolate. Nice image though and what gives me joy could drive another to despair.
7

Emptiness
by eslaydog

Comment:
Though somewhat reliant on someone else's art I do like your composition and close crop. The statue itself is beautiful.
7

Desolation of Two: Finding a Vein on the Train
by Imagineer

Comment:
I wondered if this was a faked shot but as I gazed at the undernourished arms and the filthy clothes I decided it must be real. That certainly causes a sadness in my heart that many other entries have failed to create.
Photographically the image isn't as strong, the yellow background is too bright, the light is bouncing harshly off that exposed upper arm and their faces are a little too hidden. None of this matters as much in this style of image, though I think it would have been even stronger were those elements improved.
7

Sunday Barbecue vs. Pine Forest 1 - 0
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Oooh it's like that forest in Princess Bride!
7

Home Sweet Home
by giants

Comment:
Nice image but a little soft, I think.
Nice composition and textures.
I wonder if it would be stronger with her looking downwards, towards the bottle perhaps - looking out of the window at the light seems slightly optimistic rather than desolate, though one could argue that she\\'s looking at the rest of the world moving on without her. Anyway, that doesn\\'t affect the vote it\\'s just me wondering out loud.
7

Where no one can live
by russi

Comment:
A nice example of an image with lots of colour and yet certainly desolate.
Though simple I really don't like the border choice here.
7