i-D
by jmogensen

Comment:
a truly wonderful portrait. playful, coy, warm, romantic and alluring, this is a really sweet, lovely image where the personality of the subject really shines through. it feels real as well, not just a "strike a pose" moment like you get umpteen times elsewhere. i love the monochrome and the nice level of contrast; really complements her hair. the detail of the eye is super, though subtlety done so even though attention is gently nudged towards it, it isn't forced. love this - 10.

Parked
by Melethia

Comment:
i like this! the high contrast really brings out the lines and repition of the patterns and it's lovely that you're brave enough to submit something so seemingly mundane for an open challenge. as a visual piece of abstract art i think it works wonderfully, and leaves me longing to see a similarly processed series of supermarket shots. really effective. 10.

Aucun Titre
by L2

Comment:
really pretty girl who has been well lit and, erm, nicely flattered from the choice of clothing (which eyes are inevitably drawn too... :)). i'm not too keen on the oppressively black and dead feeling background though, but that's generally a complaint i have with black backgrounds in portraits because it kind of detaches your subject in terms of her personality. impression wise, she also seems good natured, which again doesn't suit the background. her posture is a little weird too, feeling a bit unnatural... overall the shot is visually appealing, though i feel the picture is a bit too conventional to do your model justice. 6.

Kepts between lines
by kombizz

Comment:
wow - interesting take on the challenge and extraordinarily good timing! i'm guessing this is an actual scene being filmed, so you don't get much more closer than meeting the challenge than that! however, from the pixellation i'm guessing this is from a camera phone, so though it obviously maximises the journalistic, ad-hoc, candid nature of the action, the picture does suffer from the high level of noise as a result. 7.

Romancing The Stone
by oOWonderBreadOo

Comment:
nice picture, but obviously doesn't meet the challenge. 3.

Brick
by stare_at_the_sun

Comment:
i totally adored this film, and the setting and composure of the characters in the scene very much has the style and feel of it. though your guys don't necessarily look like the characters, expressions and posture is very much in keeping, and makes it recogniseable even without the title - though one fears it might be a bit too indie / obscure to reach the masses on dpc. technically, it feels a bit over exposed, and the background feels too cluttered, busy and more urban than suburban of the film. however, my adoration for the film makes it personally interesting, so 8.

Return of the Jedi
by LifeLost

Comment:
fantastic fantastical shot. yes, it's lego, but the set up is so well done it's completely non-static feeling, and it's portraying the action from the film wonderfully. really great capture, nicely lit, great applicaiton of depth of field, humourous, cute, dynamic, probably subject to some harsh voting because people just do't like the use of figures or toys, excellent, and one of my favourites. 10.

Debbie Does Dallas
by Stagolee

Comment:
nice pom poms! okay, the view might be bordering on the gratuitous (albeit pleasantly so) but i think that it's probably the good thing about. it feels such suburban kitsch, you know? and consequently has a high degree of realness about it that i like. it's fun, playful and i don't know, semi-iconic, so much more than just a bum shot. i'm not saying i'd want it hanging on my wall (other half would probably object) but i wouldn't consider it out of place in a modern photo exhibit. i really like this; 9.

Girl with Parasol
by Keith Maniac

Comment:
like most of these types of IR shots, it has masses of instant visual appeal. though, this one more so than others because it's so damn picturesque! composition is wonderful; the girl on the left really makes it gel, and the skyline really adds a depth, sense of scale and a nice break between the light sky and trees. only slight quibble is that the slightly yellow tinge makes the trees less visually appealing (like smokers teeth) and the blob of turquoise on the brolly is a bit distrcting. otherwise, great stuff that's visually lovely. 9.

on a side note, i must confess i have been dabbling with this sort of thing recently, and really everything i do is really crud compared to this - technically i wonder how you got such a great shot from the evidentally short exposure time (either that of the swan is amazingly compliant with the still pose). was this with a dslr, or a converted compact?

What Lies Beneath
by michael_p

Comment:
i've never actually seen the film, but the picture is strongly reminiscent of the poster campaign, which i would assume is taken from a defining moment in the film. it's a really simple set up, but fantastically done - the whiteness of the shot really working. the only slight criticism is that the hand isn't quite creepy enough - perhaps a slightly blue tint to the picture might have enhanced the "is it dead?" kind of theme? otherwise, great take on the challenge - 9.