Lake mood
by Kathyc

Comment:
Okay, all you people with the gorgeous landscape shots, please, please show me what they look like in colour! That means you, too. The shot itself is, in fact, gorgeous, but I'm not sure how I feel about it being black and white. Framed well, and a great shot of the reflection as well.

Deep Thinker
by karmat

Comment:
Lots of cute kids in this challenge. I guess a lot of people like duotone shots of people. I am not really big on portrait-style shots myself, but this one is well framed and the toning on it is good. Focus is nice and clear on the kid and the background fades into obscurity as it ought for something like this, becoming appropriately neutral.

CA State Capital Dome
by ChrisW123

Comment:
Must... fight... vertigo.

I think that makes it a good shot. And the toning on it is very nice, lovely from the deep right/bottom corner up to the bright highlights.

America's Pass Time
by Warnercable

Comment:
Is "pass time" a pun? And besides, isn't America's pasttime baseball?

Okay, enough title critique. I suppose it's an interesting shot, what with the flag and pole framing it (although is that an American car in the background? Too blurry to see), but I'm afraid I'm a little prejudiced against that sort of thing, too many jingoistic people out there. The tone is somewhat sickly -- a deeper sepia or a flat black and white or even something else might have worked better.

Z-sun
by justine

Comment:
I have no idea what I'm looking at . Curtains? A very well folded zebra?

Very abstract, but it does hit the topic of the challenge. (I'm not a big fan of abstract, I'm afraid.)

Golf Ball
by STEINR

Comment:
Yes, that is indeed a golf ball. It even looks relatively naturaly in grayscale. Nice reflection. Not the world's most interesting subject matter, but a good shot.

Shower View
by timboydwhite

Comment:
I don't know... it's less your subject I have a problem with than the depth of focus, it's very distracting to have that much blur where the colour change is.

32nd Psalms
by StevePax

Comment:
Interessando. Um livro é naturalmente preto e branco -- por que adicione um tom do 'sepia'?

And now, for the Portuguese impaired (I can only do it with help): Interesting. A book is naturally black and white -- why add a sepia tone?

In any event, I do think a book is a natural choice for this, so definitely interesting, and a good shot of it.

Alder Creek
by SatelliteSpeck

Comment:
Very pretty shot. Alas, it makes me want to see it in colour. However, in black and white, the water is emphasized, which is nice. Good angle, no one thing draws the eye, which in a photo like this is good as you want to have the gestalt experience. (Actually, I just wanted to use 'gestalt' in a comment.)

"Duo"...tone
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Ahh, a pun. I must now whack you with this trout.

Good shot, suits the sepia toning well. I'm curious where you found this stuff. It looks like a general store in the 50s (goes along with that tone).

The sepia toning seems a little odd to me the more I look at it. A little more cool than I tend to envision sepia being, maybe.