Reminiscence
by Pano

Comment:
A good nostalgic feeling along with rain. The grain enhances the feeling of both. 8

Bad-2-The-Bone
by anthonyczaja

Comment:
I get a kick out of this one. The expression is enhanced by the grain. The nametag is too bad, but I'm guessing you couldn't go up and rip it off him. 8

A glass of Mr. Jack
by Pixelstate

Comment:
Nice and grainy. A resonable still life subject for a grain photo. I gave it an 8.

Ahhh, The First Kiss
by olddj

Comment:
Technically this is well done. I think that's important as this was a technical challenge and the subject, to me, isn't quite as importnat. You weren't scared to have some blacks in and didn't lighten them grays (like many did). Highlights are maintained well and the background (which I'm assuming is sky) is nice and uniform. Could your position have been just slightly changed so as to make the face on the right a little more "facelike" and a little less abstract. We know what it is, but the difference in recognizability between the face on the right and the one on the left drives the intimate figures apart instead of together. I didn't vote this challenge, but I'd give it a 7.

Ominous Clouds
by alanfreed

Comment:
86th!!! You got robbed. Of course I'm a former Pittsburgher, but I didn't notice it was Pitt on the field.

Solitude
by L1

Comment:
What, were you following this guy around? It looks like he's panickingly dialing 9-1-1. :)

Evening Run
by L1

Comment:
I have always liked that hue of blue water can have when it reflects a sunset sky. This is great composition with the picture being divided into thirds with something interesting in each section. The runner actually adds so much as a "foreground" subject (if you could really call such a small object "foreground"). If you were to do any alteration, I'd clone out those telephone poles on the skyline. They look like giant, ugly cell sites.

The Dress
by idnic

Comment:
I like this shot. With the flower girl it's a nice candid. If you were to erase her, I think it would be a very private and sensual picture. Maybe in B&W. When I stumble across your profile, this is the first pic that catches my eye.

The-Country-Side
by jmlelii

Comment:
This is the type of picture which just get justice done at 640px. I bet it would be sweet as a 11x14 or something of the like. As it is, there is too much detail which gets lost at this size and that makes things seem more mushy and blurred than they really are. I love the cloud shadows in the foreground, but wish you had had the luck to have the back 1/3rd of the landscape not be in shadow.

I wouldn't have voted this too high, but like I said, it's 90% because this picture groans for more than 640 px.

Cathedral at early night
by RUEDISCHMUTZ

Comment:
A beautiful shot. Where is the grain? compared to my favorites, this hardly has any. I'm not going to give you a terrible score, but it's gonna be neutral at best. The shot really is nice though.