Pagliaccio
by rinac

Comment:
Uncomplicated background, nice and sharp with vibrant colours. Well composed. Not a lot to fault on to be honest.

sigh... I wish he'd stop clowning around...
by rdebruyn

Comment:
Noisy reflections, blue fringing and not particularly sharp let this down technically. Artistically this is well composed although only connected to the brief through the title and so is a little weak in that respect

Backstage at the Apollo
by Quasimojo

Comment:
Whites of the eyes are quite dull, but under basic editing theres not a lot that can be done there. Not totally convinced the focus is fully on the eyes. The brightness of the bowtie is not matched but the colouring of the makeup and hair and so takes the focus away from the face

sadness in disguise
by guako

Comment:
Nice expression and title. Well composed, good focus on the eyes. Quite a dreary colour scheme and not vibrant at all like you might expect for a clown entry and it really reinforces your concept here. Well done.

Swing Shift
by mpeters

Comment:
Lovely B&W conversion, very different to the others which are all very vibrant as you would expect for clowns and so this makes for a welcome change. The B&W really adds to the title and "retired clown" theme with the fork etc.. Nice not to see the face as well actually, just the trousers and shoes are enough and is quite subtle. My only problem is the border, why so wide

Jestering Clown
by Photologist

Comment:
Almost a too perfect background, would love to know how you did it within the rules. Not overly keen on the border although its good you've sampled average colours from the actual subject (a lot of entries don't bother and it leads to inconsistent colour themes)

Coulorphobia
by EducatedSavage

Comment:
Nice dynamic angle and tight crop. Could be a little sharper on the eyes though to really make the image sing.

Christmas Clowns
by sigmafoto

Comment:
Colours are not particularly vibrant and either the original was slightly soft or its not resized particularly well. I often add a final USM of 100, 0.5, 0 after resizing before I submit to a challenge

Buck On The Run
by trevytrev

Comment:
Other similar techniques have been rather unnatural and are obviously multiple captures where as this could be a single image. Therefore it meets and challange in a rathr subtle special way. Great colours - well done

The Changing Colours of Sunset
by Quasimojo

Comment:
Blended with a gradient would have been amazing and the divisions are quite distracting.