Old Dairy Door
by Woodie

Comment:
Good sense of the rough paint job, but compositionally weak and disorganised I'm afraid. Colour is good, but it seems an odd moment of light that you've chosen for this entry., doesn't seem to amphasise the texture at all.

Little Fuzzy Creature
by ericwoodford

Comment:
Some texture rmains, despite what appears to be very flat lighting. Some work needed on web presentation too - this is asmall image and avery small file, and that lack of inormation would hurt a great shot in the voting, and this isn't that good.

Light Snow
by kposey

Comment:
Quite dull - the snow only seems the same grey as the dpc background. and there's very little variety across the image to hold the eye.

Teeing Up
by D-Man

Comment:
Excellently lit, really produces the texture, both the pits and the plasticity of the ball, and what appears to be a wooden tee. Very simple, though the areas of shading that really might appeal to me are quite small, and perhaps the shade too dark for a a wow factor - or too sudden maybe: constrained mid-tones.

Upward Spiral
by dustin03

Comment:
Don't suppose the tube came from dpcPrints, huh? Tonihng is effective, composition is good - abstract enough to suit a centred set-up, and exposure is fine. Great on the texture of the inside of the tube too, but a touch on the mundane side, without being radically different enough of a view to grab my attention. Competent though.

texture
by slonko

Comment:
Indeed, and nothing but texture, perhaps. Compositional rules pretty much go out the window with this kind of thing, but I feel to create a pleasing image from it there must be some sense of flow within the picture, ir a strong balance of elements, or some process going on. Here, whilst the illustration of texture is admirable, I find a very static image, with no one element to anchor the eye and let the attention, whilst tied, roam through the image. Exposure, colour, light is all excellently done, but some of the more artistic elements of a great photograph are absolutely missing.

Pelican Feathers
by Racaryu

Comment:
Thaty background really is a shame - pulls the eye very hard. I'm just aware of those shapes all the time I try to look at the capture of teh bird. Good work on the exposure, and it's a very accurate rendition, good sense of the construction of its beak, and the differing textures there. But that thing in the back is murdering what might have been a top image. A shame, too.

Five O'Clock Portrait
by JPR

Comment:
I've ad trouble with all the facial hair shots so far - just can't decide where to place them in this challenge. Sure it fits the challenge, and is a perfectly acceptable portrait in a certain style - I'm no fan of that slight wide-angle look to this shot, but that's your choice. Well composed though: that edge of the sweater and the hat make a useful balance, and it's very well liut, though perhaps too much inclassic portrait manner, and not enough with an eye to bringing out the texture of the face. Not that you've removed it all - as some others have - but it's certainly reduced, I would say. Borderline 7, but presently 6.

Dog Nose
by qwerty_314

Comment:
I'd seen the thumbnail, and was looking forward to the appearance of this shot - but unfortunately I find it a touch disappointing now. B/W is useful, always, to communicate texture, but I don't see much in the image, and the composition is not a strong as I would like - really, the nose is very much centred, and without the flow of patterns and shapes to constantly bring the eye to that point. 6

Natural water texture
by anshalin1

Comment:
Another interestingly different approach. as with a couple of similar shots, my first reaction is that I might like them as a wallpaper - which in itself tells you what I find wrong with it as a challnge entry - there just is't a point which holds the interest, that arrests the eye. I do very much like the tonality, and that use of light as a means of transmitting the idea of a ruffled surface of water, however.