A Beautiful Death
by marbo

Comment:
This is a beautiful image but I'm afraid it might be getting hammered by voters in the particular challenge. It's a technical masterpiece and impeccibly processed. I really like your idea, "A Beautiful Death." It may have been hard with this particular image, but for the sake of really nailing the challenge, it would have been nice to offer some sort of contrasting element within, so that even if I couldn't see the title, I'd understand what was trying to be conveyed. But very well done! 7. 8o)

red handed
by tiby_dicu

Comment:
Well that's death alright! I don't really have a problem with gruesome images, but this one is having a lot of trouble technically. I can't find a single sharp point in it and the selective desaturation doesn't seem to convey anything a full black and white or full color image wouldn't, except for the emphasis on blood maybe. But the eye will go there anyway. Double check focus and shutter speed.

That's All Folks!
by moviealien

Comment:
A grave stone does work for the challenge and the message is quite amusing, but I feel like there may have been some more interesting ways to capture this image. Perhaps some dramatic lighting, early in the morning or late in the afternoon; maybe black and white would have worked better. Also think about angle when you're shooting a static and relatively mundane subject. Like if you shot from really low to the ground, you might have been able to get some decerning billowy clouds or sometihng to spark that mood a bit more. Of course these are just some ideas. The concept works I think, just think about looking at in from all different angles and modes of lighting and consider the meaning of everything that appears in the frame. 8o)

Who pays the ferryman
by fredandaud

Comment:
What I like: the wonderful textured, gradient from black to white. That does a wonderful job drawing my eye right to the subject and beyond into his infinite future. Buuuttt... the subject feels less sharp than he ought to be. There is also very little detail in the shadows. Not a serious downfall given the type of image, high-contrast works, but I just feel like there could be a bit more technical clarity. It doesn't give me an immidiate sence of death, but I guess that just gives me a chance to read into it more. Well done overall! 8o)

Despair
by NstiG8tr

Comment:
I took a bit of studying, but I finally realized that the subject has the barral of a gun in his mouth. It was slightly difficult to tell at first, but given the title and challenge, it became apparent. But the lighting is quite nice and the black background sets the mood well. It's still a bit hard for me, as a viewer, to connect with the subject and really feel what the subject feels though. Seems more emotion/angst in the subject's face would really drive the point home. But it's definitely a well done image! 8o)

The Kiss of Winter ~ a bud never to bloom
by mangymoose

Comment:
I like that you've tried to do something different and unique and the concept is interesting. But perhaps more emphasis on the ice, or just more ice in general, and less sunshine would have really driven the "death" point home. Might also help to really single out the flower from the others and from the background. Nice image though. 8o)

The Perfect Coaster is Born - 1982
by tatemae

Comment:
Did CDs really come out in '82? Who knew!? Very cool shot! The microphone troubles me for some reason; I guess I'm still not totally sure why it fits here. But the composition is quite nice regardless! 8o)

my father´s treasure in 1960
by sigrun_th

Comment:
This is a very clean and simple image, definitely a photographers photograph. Not because of the camera, more because every element serves a purpose. There is no wasted space in this image and it is quite compelling to me. Well done! 8o)

1971 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that busing of students be ordered to achieve racial desegregation
by jaxed

Comment:
I really like this image and what it communicates. The expressions are stark but work very well. I'm still deciding what it would have been like in b&w; but the color actually gives it a unique cinematic/narritive feel which I like. Well done! 8o)

1986 Revolution: God's Grace Amidst the War
by lovemelvin

Comment:
This image is moving, but it's hard to fully appreciate it because it seems under exposed. There is no white point and no detail in the blacks. But tone issues aside, this is quite a poignent image.