Titanic
by Chinabun

Comment:
Oh wow!!! That looks like the necklace, very awesome.

Singled Out Again
by Bernard_Marx

Comment:
What fantastic colors!!!

The Lincoln Memorial
by JustinM

Comment:
I like it :-D

Sister Kinks
by simplesilent

Comment:
I love this to death!

hey you
by clangley50

Comment:
Outstanding composition. I adore the colors as well.

Box
by bucket

Comment:
Fantastic. It's such a human moment, and the justaposition of that and the unhuman nature of the figure is so wonderful. I can't decide if it is funny or sad. 10. My top favorite for this challenge.

Bus Stop
by muur88

Comment:
Amazing. Just so beautiful and real, but also surreal. 10. My second favorite for this challenge.

The house around the corner
by pekelo

Comment:
10. I don't like the border, and there is a little tiny spot at the extreme left edge that I'd have cloned out. However! I love love LOVE the colors, spooky mood... this is really an excellent shot and it definitely captures the essence of Halloween. Great job - one of my favorites for this challenge (my third favorite)!!

Homesick
by mimin

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

I liked this a lot during voting. The only thing that kept me from giving it a ten was the cord, which, as mentioned, is not a good element to have. But you probably couldn't control that much.

I thought it met the challenge well. It didn't have so much of a visual representation of distance, but the challenge also said that a figurative representation would be okay. Unfortunately a lot of voters who might have quickly gone through the entries may have been looking more for the visual. So that may have hurt your score some.

Colors are good and lighting is good. It could have used a bit of sharpening I think. I like the composition. I thought that it was simple and nice, and communicated your idea effectively.

Your choice of subject is what really, in my opinion, made this picture strong. As a commenter said, it really is heartbreaking. Not only that he is seeming to look for something that is not there, but also that he doesn't seem to be himself (with the matted fur I mean). Also the head down just adds to the emotion of the shot.

Overall this is very great, especially for your first challenge! Keep in mind that if you do go the more figurative route for challenges, the voters as a whole may not reward that. However, it can be lots of fun to be "out of the box" and keep pushing the envelope. I hope you enter lots of challenges; I'd love to see more from you in the future!

End of the Rainbow
by hammersam

Comment:
Critique Club Comment:

Well as people have said, the background was something that really hurt you. I do think that the sheet, even wrinkled, was better than having a ton of even more distracting elements in the background.

The rainbow, wow, you did a great job with that. I never would have guessed that it was from a CD.

The pot at the bottom blends into the background a lot, so maybe having a bit of a more well-lit area down there would have helped.

Overall I thought that this was really creative and had a lot of potential. It made me smile when I came across it during voting because it's something happy and cheerful (a pot of gold, yay!) and you don't see images like this all the time.