One Of Many. Why?
by Mark of SRQ

Comment:
Heartwrenching and 100% on topic. Whilst I would normally suggest to be on the level as your subject, in this case it only reinforces the point you are making. Almost makes me feel guilty to be sitting here at my nice computer.

The Price of Education
by nexus

Comment:
I like the photo - its clear and in focus, it has an interesting point of view. However not even the title can convince me that it has anything to do with poverty.

Squatters in polluted riverside
by theONE77

Comment:
Now THAT truly depicts poverty - perfect photo for this challenge. I would have liked to see it at a different time of day with different light conditions, and perhaps a bit less of the river, more of the dwellings.

nuclear weapon can give us all powerty
by Mona

Comment:
The building could do with some renovations, but the whole photo doesn't say "poverty" to me. I'm not even sure what the actual subject is - the building or the strange cloud/smoke/light ??

empty cup
by clictacamera

Comment:
Apart from not seeing any real any real evidence of poverty in this photo, I find it cluttered and the reflections in the glass only add to the confusion.

Witch - Craft
by Beetle

Comment:
ok, this time I don't like it. Yes, the roof is gone, but there is simply not enough left of the photo. And you know, I actually wanted to show the fact that she is on a roof..... suggesting that its kind of scary to think it could be YOUR house...... so I would not want to get rid of the roof entirely anyway.
However, I did like the way you explained what you did and how you did it, thanks for that. That technique will come in handy in the future. Thanks for helping me learn.

Witch - Craft
by Beetle

Comment:
Thanks for your suggestions, guys. I do like what you have done to the photo, General, but I could not have done that for the contest, right? Against the rules, I'm sure.
Unfortunately I faced a few problems while taking the pic, most of them having to do with her possibly falling off the roof, or the tree not being in the photo (and I just HAD to have the tree there). On top of that, this one was pretty much the last photo I got to take, my daughter was sick of posing by that stage.
I had taken plenty of photos by then, and played around with some of them afterwards, but most of what I could have done was against the rules :-( However, I'm still pleased with the idea and I enjoyed the end-result even if it was not the best it could possibly be. Every exercise like this just adds to our experience and is therefore very worthwhile.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to think about it and to offer constructive criticism. As to the ones that "didn't get it" - what can I say? *grin*

Hues
by Beetle

Comment:
To everyone who thinks the pic is out of focus: Have another look at it! The little bubble in the center is in perfect focus.
The rest of it really looked that way, it's in the nature of the experiment - it constantly changes (and looks totally different every time you start a new one) as the chemicals reactions are happening, and at that point it had this "soft focus" look to it.
But I understand that abstracts like this, especially when you don't know what it actually IS, are not everyone's cup of tea.
Makes a cute desktop background, anyway :-)