Music is reflection...
by kimybrady

Comment:
Took me forever to actually see what it was. Way out of focus makes it look like you took it with your camera-phone. Lots of distracting elements left even if it had been in focus. Either it's an attempt at the brown ribbon or you need to try a bit harder I think.

Sweet Violin
by BigMo

Comment:
Not bad, but the burned out / overexposed lower left side is hurting the image. Also the focus seems off because it's not on the the most dominant part - the light wood. I think had been better either with that in focus or a deeper DOF. I think I want to see a bit more of it too - less tightly cropped. It's a 5 from me.

Any spare change...?
by Brookied

Comment:
Very nice. The sepia tone, the contrast between rich and poor, right down to the facial expression. My top pick this round.

Photographic Poverty?
by SteveJ

Comment:
Well a bit of humour was needed in this challenge as well I guess, but as a Nikon owner I must say that you lack more than money.. :-)

Conception, Creation, CD
by wkoffel

Comment:
The notes saves you on this one. I feared we were going to see more discs in this challenge than we actually did, but sanity prevailed overall. Not very interesting though and the centered composition is just a bit too much in my face.

Relaxing with my Yamaha SubWoofer
by aKiwi

Comment:
Ah, how refreshing with a bit of humour. It does however look a bit too staged to be a really good image, but points up for idea and execution.

Arches and Pipes II
by banmorn

Comment:
Interesting composition, but the arch seems a bit oversaturated - stealing focus from the pipes. This would have fit the "parts" challenge too I guess. 5 from me.

The Conductors Baton
by train

Comment:
Nice effort and the composition is ok, although I do get the feeling the baton in question seems glued to the paper, the orientation looks forced. The light source seems to be placed to close to the subject washing out colour and detail down to the left. The light areas draws the eye away from the subject a bit and it seems a bit unnatural that it comes from below.

Jazz on wheels
by Pep Ventosa

Comment:
I like this one, but it bothers me a bit that it's basically a picture of a picture, although it's mounted on a train. Not saying it's not ok by any rules or so, it just brings the last point in the general direction of the original artist..

Perhaps someone entering or leaving the train would have made the door / scale more obvious?

Daily Practice
by bobdaveant

Comment:
Very nice composition. I think her posture is a bit staged, as if she's trying to say "get on with it - take the picture already". Some of the yellow tones, especially in the background could be desaturated I think. One of my top picks still - good effort!