Almost Midnight
by Artifacts

Comment:
good focus and lighting. minor things that detract are the less-than-black background elements (brown fabric or something) below the clock and the minor dings and scrapes in the clock. these things add too many distracting elements and take away from the shapes and subtletes of the clock. 5.

Hat
by hawkida

Comment:
a very dull image, both in tonal range/contrast and in subject. 4.

UNLACED
by Anastasia

Comment:
this has some pretty interesting parts to it, but overall i think the subject is just a bit boring and the fact that it fills the frame doesn't really help it's case. it's kind of in-your-face. i like the depth of field and lighting, but i think it's just the subject/crop that detracts. 5.

Back In Time
by autool

Comment:
i think a detail of this tool without the book and with some more contrast and darker background would look a lot better. this seems a little cluttered, and also mostly filled with grays and not a lot of contrast.4.

Seeing visions
by mbardeen

Comment:
this is a pretty cool effect, but something about the shot bothers me. maybe the fact that the main subject is so centered, or that it's tilted just a tad to the right. also, there is a small light-blemish in the lower left side that's kind of distracting. other than that, the lighting and focus and effects are very well done. 6.

Ironman
by orussell

Comment:
a very boring subject with very flat tonal range. 4.

MiB III (The Sequel - Man & Woman in Black)
by hughletheren

Comment:
i feel like there has been a very slight motion blur applied to this image and it's kind of unsettling. pretty good lighting, though, especially in the highlights in the glasses and the texture and color the hair. 6.

Timeless Youth
by dodobird

Comment:
very dark. i think this kind of photography is all about contrast and areas of very bright light to highlight the contours and shapes of the subject. this loses all of that by using a very low, flat light which doesn't really set the subject apart from the background. 3.

Dreaming of the Major League
by Sonifo

Comment:
well done. i like this. the light on the ball and the hand and the glove and the protruding knee is very nice, but i feel like the image goes tonally flat when it moves toward the right. i'd almost like to see him wearing a black t-shirt so that it really broke down to just light and highlights. overall a very strong image, though. 8.

Left Alone
by K-Rob

Comment:
this is nice. i think maybe the sky is just a tad flat though, and it's kind of making me lose the subject in all that gray. i'd love to see this with the sky pushed to a whiter color to highlight the sillhouettes of the tree line and the subject. the rest of the photo has some really nice tones. 7.