Commuting
by Iraklis

Comment:
It's a good portrait and a good expression, but the attention is easily drawn to the blown left corner and then out of the image.

What's Up Here?
by heavyj

Comment:
Exceptional shot. So minimalistic, and yet so full of meaning and expression, so descriptive. Very powerful message. Instant 10 from me.

Whereis all the boats
by whiterook

Comment:
I'm not sure what you intended as the subject of your image. Lack of something (in this case I guess boats) is very hard to pull of as a subject...

On Guard
by menele

Comment:
You have your subject quite dark and some rather uninteresting pillar in the highlight. I know you had to prevent the sunny part from overexposing, but maybe choose a different composition and eliminate the sunny part (almost) completely, then expose for your subject.

Rio Majaceite
by Tycho

Comment:
I feel you needed to frame this somewhat differently to balance it more; it feels much heavier on the right side to me. Good B&W conversion.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again!
by elizadeb

Comment:
Extra points for the menacing look, although the image looks somewhat over processed with HDR and very saturated colors.

Reflective Buddha
by codfish

Comment:
A rather uninteresting composition, saved by the ray of sunlight on the face. However, I don't think it's enough overall to maintain the interest.

Portrait
by bjoern

Comment:
Lack of eye contact makes this image very low-key... I wonder how the exact same pose (head tilted forward) would have looked with direct eye contact.

Elements
by Nikolai1024

Comment:
Well, one of my favs in this challenge, so low placed at 5.55 and no comments on top of that! Unbelievable. Here's a comment though: excellent image, great colors that somehow make me think of old iron and rust, which works so well with the bridge in the distance. Very good contrast water/sky/clouds and excellent detail in the sky. My guess it was voted down due to the unconventional harsh look, and the noise in the sky (which I personally like a lot, but what can you do...)

The Long Goodbye
by h2

Comment:
This is an excellent image, from the choice of subject (the tree), additional elements (the bench and silhouette), composition, B&W processing, square crop, and tones. The dark corner makes it a bit unbalanced, but maybe that was your intention.