Sphincter Says What?
by athena8

Comment:
no idea what the purpose of this picture is, other than perhaps to find something to go with the title. Interesting how the lighting highlights the dimple (?) delow the phone; I think the phone face should be lit though, as it is (supposedly) the focus of the picture.
Challengewise; who uses their phone like this?

power walk
by oldbimmercoupe

Comment:
why so small? hard to really appreciate or critique at this size. Interesting background and good lighting.

Rub a Dub Dub.......Talking In The Tub!
by camphan

Comment:
I have no idea what's supposed to be on that poor kid's head; if you were going for soapsuds you should have used those instead of... shaving cream and chocolate syrup? I like the water droplets on the hand, that adds a bit of authenticity. Okay composition, good DOF; you can see his shorts' string on the bottom right, kind of gives it away as a pose.

Send
by neophyte

Comment:
DNMC (no person) so don't expect to get far with this; not marking you down for it though.
Composition seems off-balance; too much darkness on right, doesn't add anything. I would also have liked a deeper DOF so all the keys were clear.

Hey Heiða - did you read about.....
by Oded

Comment:
great combination of the challenge and DPC in general; the dog really adds a lot to this! The black background is a little overbearing though; I'd like to see this against a white wall like he's on the sofa at home, maybe with the lower corner of a picture sticking into the upper right corner for some balance and a sense of surroundings.

Blessed is he with free anytime minutes
by fordmanf1

Comment:
All the better because I had a professor answer his phone in class recently - twice in the same class. I wonder who's on his speed dial? :) Decent composition, I like the how the details stand out on the pulpit.
...But why is the one organ pipe above his head shiny-er? (sorry I can't spell that right now...) That and the microphone stand over his left shoulder are quite distracting.

"Your call is important to us. Please hold..."
by gzupruk

Comment:
Very funny! I had my boss put me on hold last week and eventually hung up; he called back 45 minutes after first putting me on hold. "He's like the thing that wouldn't shut up!" The man does not know how to get off the phone.
Picturewise, it looks like you have two lights, an overhead to the left and a window or maybe monitor on the right; this is causing the left side to look yellowed and the right is bluish. I like the highlights from the overhead, but a more even and uniform lighting & coloring would improve this a lot.
I like the composition; however in scrolling up and down I think I like it more with the top cropped so the eye sockets are about 1/3 down (cut just where the right side of the hat starts to go straight up); this also makes the overall proportions more aesthetic - or traditional/boring if you did it on purpose, but it seems too tall to me.

You Can't Have Your Cake And Edith Too
by idnic

Comment:
"pick one" sign not horizontal, which is a little distracting. Clever idea! For some reason this picture seems very flat to me; not a clear sense of distance from dish to easel to backdrop. Good capture on the candles, IMO.

Just For You
by Blue Moon

Comment:
nice lighting and focus; not sure where you were going with the compositino though... not centered, not quite thirds...

Out of Irak walk
by Simpa

Comment:
Purple hat society? Great caricature.