Still Life with Peaches
by MAK

Comment:
I like the slightly shriveled peaches. The added texture enhances the story. Being a still life, one becomes critical of composition and placings of objects. But for me, it works well and looks "genuine." Perhaps the white cloth is an oddity. I'm not sure. The background looks nice. Is this realist still life in a Dutch sort of way or impressionism. That question does not really concern me. I think it is as good an impression as any photo in this challenge and better for not using some sort of gauche software filter to mimic pointillism or brush strokes. 7.

Autumn Approaches
by Tammer

Comment:
Very nice idea and the geometry is interesting. 7.

Gumdrops Keep Falling On My Head
by CNovack

Comment:
My 2 cents not worth anything at the rate the USD exchanges on the world currency markets these days: The polka dot pattern of the umbrella distracts a little and camouflages the "drops." Perhaps a simple coloured umbrella might have been better? The metaphor is a bit off kilter in that nothing falls on ones head if an umbrella is deployed. If the umbrella was held off to one side thereby allowing the drops to fall on the head, then that might have been better. Fiction or nonfiction a certain realism is necessitated. I think the cropping is a bit tight - but then again.... and the background might have been better as an out of focus street with a vanishing point... but that relates to composition and I am stepping out of bounds by making any comments on that...

Coming In
by Coley

Comment:
I came back to see... Nice view. I bet it looks nice in a b/w rendition with the slightest bit of blue tone (or something).

Andy, 40
by Retroesque

Comment:
I thought this was a rather intimate exposing portrait. A certain moment and feeling. Nice work.

3:47
by roby21112

Comment:
Not sure what to make of your photo during voting (6). Could not quite figure out what you did to it. But the result was no unappealing. Just out of the ordinary. Keep up the good work.

Grace
by magnus

Comment:
Didn't leave a comment but voted an 8 and think this is a very nice intimate photo. I would like such a one in my portfolio. Well done and glad you entered it.

Liberty's Dream Deferred
by neophyte

Comment:
Well spotted.

Aphrodite
by LevT

Comment:
Well heck, this is a downright erotic photo in the best of taste. Nice work.

Landscape
by alexgarcia

Comment:
I was wondering if this was Marbo and his chalk cliffs of southern England. But no, Ireland. Very nice photo.