The Fourth Grace
by zeuszen

Comment:
Something weird: that, is my coffee table. It becomes, naturally, almost the only thing I can see in this photograph. Or at least, gives the image a range not intended by you. Truly co-operative.

Alas, Yesteryear's State Of The Art
by TommyMoe21

Comment:
i like the low-key kind of feel, though the visibility of that black background, and its texture kind of joins with the feel of the camera itself. The light on the bellows is good - real sense of texture, but I'm not sure of the effectiveness of that coloured light.

like swiftly moving water
by ursula

Comment:
Like? Isn't it actually that, and thus not 'like' it at all? Good tonality, sense of movement without losing detail.

Depiction of a Slow Deterioration after nearly a Thousand Years
by redmoon

Comment:
Quite like your burning - or however it wa done - giving that useful sense of focus. The only downside of it is that the contrast seems to have gone a bit along the wall and where the staircase is on the keep itself. Strong sense of composition, though I'd perhaps argue with your title - it seems more redolent of endurance of 1000 years than of much decay. Nice work.

In Natures Own Time...
by LisaCan

Comment:
That backround ... well, at least you've used a background, but this: why not use a clean board? Let the decay of the fruit speak for itself, what is added by having that mess on the background? you light seems good too - though I'm not sure that you're quite in control of it - looking at those burnt-out highlights on the left-most thing, and the rim of the bowl.

Suspended gardens
by carlosmfernandes

Comment:
There are quality issues with this - for all the world, it looks like a 100% crop out of camera. I like the tonality of it, and kind of like the odd angel you've presented. But it lacks the detail, or sense of detail.

The Civil Rights Memorial: How Far We've Come -- How Far We Have to Go
by dipaulk

Comment:
Complex, emotional, and realistic. Those dates encompass my birthday, as they encompass, of course, the 'summer of love', ironically enough. Strong subject, and I wish you a better score than I'm sure you'll get.

weathered
by parrothead

Comment:
There are a number of things I like about this: that sense of soft-focus, which chimes with a common perception of 'old' photography; a strong sense of the textures and details produced by ageing; strong compositional principles, and a strong balance of interest. Wha it communicates to me - and what, I'm afraid, i don't like about it - is that there's some kind of glory in that previous age, that its decay and left-overs, that so blight our present (and to be fair, that our present is currently bequeathing to our future), is really rather pretty and lovely, rather than sinister and regrettable, which to my mind is the more apt reaction. Great shot, with that reservation.

Engulf the pipe
by Node

Comment:
Good subject. The presentation of it is reminiscent of some of the modern 'suburban' school of photography (my term) - those guys who are using the colour scemes and 'simplistic' methodology of the 1970's snp-shot: on-board flash, heavy saturation, disdain for some rules. I like the metallicism of the tap, the reds and browns in the tree ... but its not a school of photography that particularly appeals to me, I'm afraid.

Forgotten Veteran
by Resusit8u

Comment:
Good subject, without doubt. Your photograph - well, it's almost hyper-documentary in style - it is, to me, more about a simple capture of the entirety of the truck and its location, including as much detail as possible, than it is about communicating anything of your own feeling about it. That may well be your choice - inwhich case you've absolutely achieved it - but perhaps it is not the way to score well here. All the technical detail is there, but I would have preferred more of an attitude to be taken to it, rather than this simple representation.