raspberry
by Alicia

Comment:
Wow! Now this is good enough to get me salivating. Despite the 'harsh lighting,' this really conveys the subliminal that any food picture should (assuming you want to actually sell the food) and that is... "C'mon, take a bite!" Love the crop and inclusion of the greens. Was this in a RAW format? Perhaps you could tone the white down slightly on the exposure adjustment? I like it just the way it is. From me an 8-9 in a food/fruit/ad challenge, probably get killed by most for what you already know (light).

Cats and Dogs
by posthumous

Comment:
Very nice! Shamanistic. Great colors and overlap of subjects. Could have been called Peyote. Makes me feel like finding a bear rug and a sweat lodge. Perfect crop and presentation. Abstractly Perfect. (10)

Surfer at last light
by louinsd

Comment:
Slightly impressionistic. Blurry. Hard to judge because the blur leaves a lower contract factor, but would like to see that contrast in this image. Feels like I just surfaced and have water on my face/eyes and here comes some guy about to run me down. Achieves a sense of motion, but the flat lighting fails wow me.
(5)

bedroom mural.
by kmtregoe

Comment:
It works. It's hippy. Projects an LSD or Woodstock haze. Wish there was a square crop to this, but only if the peace sign was smaller in the crop and there were more colors surrounding the whole. Basically an album cover visual. Overall I like this a lot and give it a (9). May be back though....

The Watcher
by magenmarie

Comment:
Creepy! Just enough blur to feel paranoid. Although this was probably completely candid, it looks like the backpacker is reacting to discovery of the window watcher and may even have been 'freaked out'. Excellent crop and presentation. (10)

The Flowing Forest
by JustinM

Comment:
Excellent! Love the abstract and title. Simple border draws it all together nicely. Great natural/earthy and sky colors. The brown trunkish item seems out of place, but fits with the title.
(10)

The Laugh
by gods_girl_010404

Comment:
Blurry mess = Yes.
Subject = Worth considering. Is a candid moment.
Technically = Not really a mess. Looks like some kind of brush selection happened on the hair of the blurry girl, like this was really out of camera. It is distracting and hurts the overall impact.
Abstractness = Nil. More of a candid.
Crop = Should have tried to eliminate the glasses and overhead light.
My vote is a 4 on this. The light/hair/upper-left corner destroyed the impact of an otherwise potentially powerful image.

Scroll blended with coin (only red channel)
by JMart

Comment:
My favorite of the combinations. Perhaps more than the white backgrounded original. This worked very well.

Scroll
by JMart

Comment:
Wonderful. Even the stark white background works on this one. I could reach in and turn that key!

Scroll blended with coin (RGB included)
by JMart

Comment:
Very interesting. The blend here works very well. Wish abit more of the scroll was left intact.