I love the color of this image. The perspective makes it great too.
This brings back memories from my childhood. I was at my aunts house and I was snooping around an old barn... I went up into the attic of the barn and I saw one of these (stuffed also)... I think I wet myself and nearly fell down the stairs.
Camera Work/Technical: Technically, this is a very nice photograph. Your focus is very nice and crisp and your depth of field is nice, including all the major elements in nice focus.
Lighting: Your lighting is also very nice. The tones and light angles give this capture a great feeling of mood and loneliness. There are no harsh shadows or blown highlights that lose detail or distract the viewer.
Composition/Content: Your composition is a bit too centered, though it flows very well. The content is a bit confusing, and I have a difficult time relating it to the title.
My Opinion: While I do get a slight sense of loneliness from the image, I don't get an empty room feeling. With that, I think that this one scored pretty close to its potential.
are all crazy enough and presented in such contiguous taste and harmony...
as to corrupt my otherwise impeccable principles and prejudices, so
that I cannot help myself as I am awarding this magic a score
conventionally reserved for dead photographers.
This is just bizarre and I love it! Can't really tell you why, there's just something about it. Bizarre. All the textures, the vignetting, the chalk board, the colors and the uuummmmm armadillo(??) awesome, but bizarre. 8
I think this is the wildcard for this challenge. Could either be brown or blue ribbon! I'm giving it a good score though for smile it brought to my face :-)