Amphibious
by sibeling

Comment:
I can get with the dual nature of amphibious life as a dichotomy, but I think it would have been better to have shown the contrast/conflict somehow in the photograph - perhaps one water-guy frog and one land-guy frog. The composition and color pallette are nice, and the shallow depth of field works. 7

Order and Chaos (inspired by MC Escher)
by Chinarosepetal

Comment:
I like Escher, but I'm not sure this is a dichotomy so much as a pair of oppostites. The spilled liquid doesn't look quite right - looks like one of those gag novelty plastic things. I like the composition and I think the blank background works. 7

Growing Down - Growing Up
by Alain

Comment:
I don't think this shows dichotomy - just opposites. He is a cute fellow, though. I wonder if it happened in a fight? Nice framing and color pallette. 7

Love and War
by littlegett

Comment:
Stong choice of subject - interesting that they are intertwined in this shot. Another shot in the challenge shows a gun pointed at a flower, and I think that more effectively gets to the idea of dichotomy (are both shots the work of the same artist, I wonder?). The flower is a little blown out and the gun is a little too shadowy. 7

War and peace
by Rino63

Comment:
Nicely done. A nitpicky comment - I would have used a prettier flower. Interesting that the hand wielding the gun is a female's. 9

Heads or Tails
by mpeters

Comment:
Interesting choice of subject and interpretation of the challenge, but I don't think a dichotomy is illustrated here. There is also a strange outliney kind of effect around the animals that doesn't quite work. 6

Nature and Mankind... Earth's future is in our hands...
by xtian

Comment:
I think I get that nature and man are often in conflict (by man's choice) but I don't think that comes through in the photo - I don't see the conflict illustrated. I like the composition and the use of monochrome vs. color.

Hunter / Hunted
by rosiehall

Comment:
I think I get that the cat, while a hunter, is also hunted by man (or perhaps by you, the photographer!) but I don't think that comes through in the photo. The composition and color pallette are interesting and appropriate. 7

train to nowhere
by bvlindalou

Comment:
I don't think this is a dichomtomy - I don't see the conflict. The composition and subjects are interesting. The unpleasant color cast does not add to the photo's impact. 5

Life in a City of the Dead
by movieman

Comment:
Interesting interpretation and composition. I might have gone for deeper depth of field. 8