Playtime...
by eljay128

Comment:
Unsure exactly what the message is here but this may be someone I'd like to spend time with this evening. :)

This has several technical flaws that will hold back it's score. The model's head, shoulder and chest is overexposed. Her skin color has unnatural yellowish skin as if the color balance is not right. It is unclear specifically what she is up to and the top of the little finger should not just tiouch the top of the frae the way it does. Make it either all in or all out but make concious composition decision one way or the other. The lighted area at the top of the frame above her leg is a distracting element in the image. The images small size does not help it score well.

Before the Campfire
by weirdsamurai

Comment:
A campfire is a good choice for a pleasant darkness concept. You are to be commended for thinking of it and presenting it in an appealing way. It might be even more effective if a second person were in the frame and they were engaged in campfire conversation.

For some, parking becomes more complicated.
by spreadcom

Comment:
This will put a dark damper on anyone's day. The strong backlighting adds a lot of interest. he uninteresting perspective from which this image was captured will hold down your score. It also looks like the horizon is not level If that were done on purpose exaggerating the angle more might have worked better. Otherwise, you should always make the horizon absolutely rock solid level.

coming out of the dark
by jnthn205

Comment:
Voters in a "darkness" challenge will see this as an attempt to shoehorn a flower image into it. You probably picked a flower in poor condition to support the darkness theme but it wil come across as just a bad flower picture.

The image itself seeems just a touch oversharpened with a general yellow hue above and beyond its natural color. Detail in the center is lost and the tabletop being visible in the composition does not add strong support for the image.

WATER FIRE AND BLACK
by jerom

Comment:
Interesting concept and worthy of the challenge. The overall low technical quality of this image will hold it's score down.

Losing Him
by glad2badad

Comment:
Nice color image. Many viewers will think the round black border, though nicely done, is there just to shoehorn a kid picture into a "darkness" challenge and will vote accordingly. It is even taken from a parent level perspective. They will not "get it". This obviously means something to you but will not communicate it to the average voter.

On the technical side a viewer might ask why the bench was included in the composition and will not be able to come up with an answer. The back of the hat is slightly overexposed and should be toned down.

Then God Said: "Let there be Light!"
by kashyapa

Comment:
Difficult to tell what this is and the title does not help. Images where it is not easy to tell what they are and where the viewer does not immediately make a connection with generally will not score high. That is true with this image.

On the technical side this image is very dark but appears to be out of focus with a lot of electronic noise associated with what can be seen. It does not have a full range of tonality. It is very low contrast and needs a true white point.

Technology
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
Good 'ol "Dark" Vader. Decent dark ones and distinguisable dark tones. Nicely done but the eyes do not seem level.

Day Markers at Night
by theSaj

Comment:
The lamp post with the bright light conveys a strong sense of night.

Belle Luna
by Zoomdak

Comment:
Appears to be another view of the Oregon Coast from the Oregon GTG.

This works well as B&W and the moon is not terribly overexposed like it normally gets in images like this. Looks like the exposure time was long enough to pick up a little cloud motion. Tones are generally good.

Message edited by author 2005-06-22 15:31:27.