Escape
by seanc

Comment:
Good job setting the mood. Framed well and focused well. And that's what I score on. The following part is just gabbing and does not reflect on your score.
Technical: the blood on the left side of the hand shouldn't be there, however it could be running down the thumb path and the puddle is good. With something as shocking as this, sometimes a more subtle approach can create more of a wow reaction. The puddle, the drip and the bottom thumb blood would have been enough to tell the story. And maybe a splatter on the perfect white pills.
And a question. What do you feel you have gained by desaturating part of the image? I ask this in a earnest manner. What I see is a pill bottle that looks unnaturaly molty, skin that is molty but not in a way that suggests death. And this detracts more than adds impact.

quiet time on the screen
by hopper

Comment:
Don't care a bit that it's a bug. Perfect is perfect. I am awed at your ability to get the grid so aligned. Wow. I really do hope you win.

nursing a beer
by ursula

Comment:
I can see his arm. Would be better if it was a little more in focus or maybe show his hand. I like the warmth of the toning. I apologize about not having more positive things to say.

Miss Van De Rohe
by swaroskji

Comment:
Very diffierent. I like the colors and clarity. Excellent use of lines and space. She seems a little crowded on the bottom edge. I hope you left notes on the picture saying why you framed this in this manner.

Feeling Blue
by michael_p

Comment:
You had a good idea here. This gentleman is sitting all alone, the poster indicates he is in a location where people can meet others such as a bar or lounge. I don't see anything so wrong with the picture that you had to resort to such a harsh color treatment. There must have been a more elegant way colorize it. Right color, wrong treatment.

Alone in a bathroom..
by ScantyNebula

Comment:
It's like looking thru a window. I would not have known this was a bathroom unless you said it. I like how she is just a small part of the image, her placement is ok too. If you don't mind a suggestion, if you could raise your camera a bit, you could eliminate the white of the ceiling and get a more straight on perspective on the mirror. I think that would create a stronger illusion.

Loner
by Tarbini

Comment:
I am giving you a 7 because I like the desolation and abandoned feeling of this. Really a good capture with lots of visual interest.
If I were voting on quality, I would not rate this high. I don't like whatever happened to the background, it's not blurred like a lens would do. I suspect neat image. The area to the right is also like that.

Breakdown
by TooCool

Comment:
Good job. Really makes me feel enclosed, edgy, with my back to the wall. Really well done.

"Reflections"
by sfarrell23

Comment:
Like the title. So many levels of meaning. You did a good job of converting to b/w. Perfect for giving it moodiness. If I could offer my opinion. The wideness of the shot brings in a lot more information than needs to be there. The stairs take away from your center of focus. You might also be able to get a more balanced exposure by getting in closer to the woman.

May we talk?
by mclaren_choo

Comment:
very good use of the negative space. Good tonal value with no blowouts in the sky/clouds and the tilting is perfect. Would like to see a little more of the futherest pole, but you were maybe trying to avoid all the activity below that point. Anyway, I like it.