P( 3,14) darren arnofsky
by akyros

Comment:
This reminds me of something i can't put my mind to right now - I mean a particular photographer's work - in that tonality, that use of contrast. Great, strong image. Not entirely a fan of the oval border thing - makes me wonder whether the image wouldn't have stood by itself, without that extra emphasis on the cirularity - feels like you're over-egging the pudding. One of the more interesting and arrresting images in this challenge. Thanks for submitting it.

The Passion of the Christ
by GSRsedan

Comment:
Has some elegance, but I think ti would be stronger for a crop on the right of frame - I rarely make these recommendations, usually presuming that the photographer has made a choice - but in this case it would be easily done, and would certainly strengthen the image in my opinion. The light is good, exposure, focus and all that is fine. Too much of a designer image to really get me going.

Tooth: the tooth fairy movie.
by redpanda

Comment:
I don't know what to think about this - too bizarrre. I don't know, and can't imagine, what kind of reaction you were expecting. The dired blood on the kid's face - the strange exhibitionist pose with the tooth, that's obviously been out for some time. There's a certain honest accuracy to the skin tones, and the flash hasn't completely overpowered everything, which is a refreshing change. On a fundamental level, I don't get it, don't get what this is doing in a photographic competition.

The Eagle Has Landed
by kebmod54

Comment:
Good light - unorthodox, but certainly works for this subject.

Cabin Fever
by Rego

Comment:
Red wine should always be enjoyed in moderation - past about two bottles, it's just a waste of money.

Watchful Eye
by glad2badad

Comment:
I'd be pleased with it, as a portrait of a dog. The purple finging around the right ear is a shame, but would be correctible under decent editing rules. As a portrait, however, it is simply that: there is no other element to this shot, no particular context, reference, etc. What I'm saying is that whilst it's admirable for what it is, it doesn't get a high rating from me because i think photography can be about so much more than this.

Young Einstein
by Turbotech

Comment:
Looks like a poor version of a movie publicity shot. No - not so poor, maybe: there's good stuff here, in terms of light, focus etc., but in the sense that it seems so contrived is what I mean. It's nicely done, especially the believeability of the formula on the board, but photographically ... whilst technically proficient, the subject matter does little for me.

Citizen Kane
by greslizzz

Comment:
I get your point - but this is still just a photograph of some newspapers. It doesn't have any great sense of light either, for me.

American Beauty
by peete

Comment:
Interesting the difference of approach throughout tthis challenge - those who've chosen to recreate scenes directly from movies, and those who've simply used a title from a movie to title their image. The latter was clearly the intention of the challenge, but this approach can't be said, I think, to have missed the point.

Hoever, it does have a certain different kind of problem, which is that your asking for your image to be compared to an original, rather than as a piece that stands alone; especially with such a memorable and oft-copied image as the sea of rose petals from this film. The simply enormous number of petals in that scene makes it difficult not to look in a certain sense at this as a cheap version. As far as it's possible to look at this in isolation, to forget about 'the original', it's not a bad piece of work - though I would perhaps quibble with your precise placing of the figure in frame, and with the exceptional softness of the light, and perhaps with your crop overall: I wonder whether a more angled shot, and a still soft but more directional light, and perhaps a concentration on the hand and the stomach might have been stronger?

Splash
by rudidl

Comment:
oh god - very very clever, in terms of photographic technique - and probably almost impossible to vote down and therefore very successful here. I can just imagine it with the blue ribbon. I'm sure your captue of those flying droplets is exceptional ... in short, I think it probably took a great amount of work, and it does have a very pleasing and simple aspect to it, but...

It's so bloody designed. Controlled, non-spontaneous, non momentary, cold, emotionless, non-pertinent. I hate this kind of stuff - and were I able to shoot it, I would no doubt submit it myself. Lots of contradictory feelings, but in the end, not a kind of photography I like at all.

I'm coming back to this; I wonder if your use of that shade of blue, and the cocktail glass, will make it too close to a certain very popular shot of Kiwiness for people here? It'll be interesting to see how it does, very interesting.