Go On...I DARE YA!! or DPhrustration
by dacrazyrn

Comment:
Hi. I think you're going to be asked this question a lot: wy is the 9 on the Roll in the photo??? Does your subject imply that you dare us to give it a 9/10? Or is it a comment about a past rating you reeived? Or is it just there to make us ask questions? In any case, I find it extremely sad to see that 9 in there because otherwise your photo would truely merit a 9 or 10. Unfortunately, the 9 bugs me so much in this photo, I can't give it more than 7 (and I was tempted to lower it to 6). On the other hand, extremely well taken photograph. Excellent dramatic lighting that support the emotion in the subject's face. Excellent cropping. Excellent color.

Good Clean Fun
by connie

Comment:
Superb! A perfect photo. 10

laptop
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
BRavo Mr. Dude! :-) Si près d'un deuxième ruban! :-)

Not A Happy Picture
by DrJOnes

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments everyone! I didn't think the photo would rate that high! But seeing that it made 4th place, it is quite stimulating to produce more. :-) Thakns again!
PS. ;-) Merci Mr. Dude!

PPS. Oh, and by the way, I got to give a lot of credit to my GF for accepting to pose for this pic. It was quite hard to convince her, especially when I told her "ok, what I want you to do is put your face on the toilet, oh, and I'll put some of your hair in the toilet too.". Well, it costed me a nice dinner at the restaurant... but it was well worth it! LOL! Seriously though, she did a great job. It was not easy to stick her head so close to the toilet like that. xxx

Message edited by author 2003-03-03 18:35:35.

Collateral Damage
by nds

Comment:
Bravo! Excellent framing. I love your square cropping that goes so well with the squared windows. Fantastic location. Excellent color. 10/10 [the only ten in my book this week]

despair: n. Complete Loss of Hope
by ChrisW123

Comment:
Extremely well shot image with what could be considered a cliche theme. There's been a few chess shots in this challenge. In my opinion, none were able to do it elegently as you. 9/10. - [added later: The more i look at your photo, the more i like it. There is so much emphasis on this white peon, I love it. Actually, the more I look, the more I think this shot is not about despair but more about courage. This looks to me as if he's defying the black army on his own. But it's just a question of personal interpretation. Great shot, really.]

Bare Necessities
by jayg

Comment:
Very well shot. Without the title, there's no much despair in the photo though... 8/10, but because (to me) it doesn't meet with the challenge on its own, I give it a 6/10

Praying for Help
by Corey

Comment:
I'm not sure about the despair in this image all by itself. But very well framed and nice use of sepia. 6

Alone
by dadas115

Comment:
great composition. nice use of B&W to bring out the dramatic effect of the image. Excellent tension inthe hand. I like the framing too. Lighting from the back is an excellent choice. 7

Drown
by ritaard

Comment:
very dramatic. nice use of B&W. very disturbing to say the least.