Merry Christmas
by jimmythefish

Comment:
Very clever! An excellent graphic study in line. The deep shadow bits are a very nice touch. I like the contrast between the metal tools and the soft paper. I also like the idea of the spotlight on the cross. Although this may not be according to your intent I wish that the grey tones were a shade closer to white to lighten the image. The border is pretty thick, but a black border is a good choice. An original idea expressed reasonably well. This concept has a lot of possibilities. For example three bones with the third being broken by two hands. Cloth being torn. Etc. Keep up the superb work

My New York City´s souvenir.
by bcncrazy

Comment:
OK this is not a bad idea. Could I suggest a few things? Just my personal opinion to be read once before chucking. The number, your photo, the actual shirt and the closet all make sense together. If it was my chioce I would like to zone in on just those four visual items. There seems to be a comflict of colours among the yellowish closet, many hues among the shoeboxes and other clothes. Lots of colors are making my attention wander away from your intent. Could this have been expressed closer to your idea in B&W ? Do you need all of those closet items to express your idea? What do you think of a self portrait wearing the shirt with a big proud smile, for example? Or perhaps a spotlight upon the shirt as you handle it from the closet? This is a good effort. The idea is being communicated. Maybe just a few small changes to have a stronger personal message. I am glad that you entered this image just the same. It talks about a significant experience for you and that is what counts. Good luck and keep shooting!

A Dirt Cheap Model
by indigo997

Comment:
There is a lawsuit against you for hospitalized DPC'ers from intense spasmodic laughing injuries. I am going to significantly upscale your average by insisting you accept a score of 10 for originality.A brilliant humourous concept. Technical performance is basically up to snuff. If a magic wand could be waved I would personally like the following for my 8ftX10ft mural version: The worm emerging a la vertical pose from mother dirt against simulated puffy cloud sky. Handy dandy mirror for that one. The white background is just too clinical for me. ( Nightmares of high school science lab and all that). And perhaps a squirt of water aerosol to freshen up her complexion. I do like the specular highlights on the victim though. Could I have just a hint more texture? Perhaps a slightly lower light angle to bring out those drop dead gorgeous laugh lines (OK wormy wrinkles). This is a premium idea that has delightful hidden charms and many more interesting possibilities worth pursuing. Thank you for such an enjoyable image...6

Quatro Rosas
by fsieradzki

Comment:
Talk about a brilliant B&W study. This is it!. A real first rate classic image. Echos back to those Weston days of the f/64 group. Gorgeous feel of firm softness to those petals. A wee tad hot on some of the highlights ( just my opinion ). Glad you included a couple of token petals. Wish both of those petals were dark ( a minor complaint ). A couple of the waterdrops are lost in the brilliance. But the other 50% of the waterdrops are lovely to behold because of their specular highlights and wee inner droplet shadows that make them feel wet. Personally I would like a little softer lighting arrangement to be a bit kinder and more gradual tones in the shadows. But on the otherhand you may intend for the more harsh graphic look in the first place. And in that case I would be on wrong base. This lighting does illustrate the shape of the individual blossums very well at minor expense of some texture. I feel that this is a distinguished worthy effort that deserves reasonable praise for sincere effort. Continue with your fine work..7

Paper Paper Paper Paper
by Gracious

Comment:
I like how you did the pseudo NBC peacock logo in poster paper. Lovely color and shape combos. Technically well executed with nice snippets of negative space in the corners. Your choice of viewpoint is good even if you had to sacrifice some DOF. The gentle shadows are pleasing and feel appropriate for the smooth curves. This is a personal nit pick but I would like to see a little more breathing space for the pink and blue at the top frame edge. This is a decent abstract image...6

Balancing Act
by TerryGee

Comment:
OK this is a good attempt with interesting colours. I especially like how you treated the background hues. Lovely and gradual on the eyes. I know it is a minor thing going on about backgrounds. But this one really works good energy for me. Those jelly bead colours speak loud visually. An interesting composition. The highlights are bright but not overpowering. Not a bad treatment of your choice of subject matter. Personally I would prefer some other element to juice up the interest. Such as toppling bead. Or snaking lurking thread. The beads are interesting but to me not quite captivating without a mini purpose "story" or visual drama to highlight a specific quality of being a bead. That is just my minor personal opinion to be tossed away with the preverbial salt grain. I believe that this is a worthy image with hidden greater potential. A decent effort...6

Reflections
by Jean

Comment:
This image has a beautiful pleasant warm metal feel. I like that as opposed to the frequent cold metal touch. The pebbles repeat the spoon curves appropriately.The juting corner is an interesting contrasting visual element. There seem to be at least three colours in that polygon bit. Personally I would prefer just one simple tone instead of those three. If you make a roof cone of translucent sheet above your subject this could eliminate all distracting room elements ( if you had wished to do so ) . I also would have eliminated the bluish marbles. Just brownish rocks for my personal tastes. I also like how you overlapped portions of the spoons. In heaven I would magically arrange it so that the dark spoon edge would overlap the adjacent handle but the clear shiny edge between adjacent bowls would not touch. These are just minor suggestions in an otherwise gorgeous image. Thank you for aiming high for originality. ...7

Four
by goodtempo

Comment:
I really like the color combination with the pthallic symbols. They feel like squishy foam in a soapy puddle. A lovely contrast of pink against blue. The cord breaks up the rigid vertical elements perfectly. I also like how the black windows repeat the pink columns. The texture in the pinkies is also a pleasure visually. The horizontal purple and cream edge lines fit in well, too. This is my favorite abstract image for this week. A very good image. Congratulations...7

So that We May Be Free
by Yomi

Comment:
There are a lot of great elements happening in this image. First the story and mood are outstanding. The flag is very dramatic visually and emotionally. Especially the struggle to emerge from the snow.The snow atop the gravestones is a very fitting touch. The blurred grey tombstones in the background further amplify the sombre ones in the midground. Personally to me this is more a patriotic message than technically aiming towards the theme of four. But that is a minor point not worth quibbling over.I was a little mean and took 1 point off because of this. My apologies for being Scrooge. This is an exceptional image that has both a first rate concept and impecable execution. 8

There we are
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I love your dramatic cropping and excellent repetition of diagonals. Great use of variety of textures and shapes. The restrained use of colour really shows this image off well.