long fence
by animes2k

Comment:
You need more length to make this image work. Extremely deep DOF and a wide angle would emphasize the importance of the sign.

Kolorful Kayaks
by Hye5

Comment:
"Take a photograph where complete words -- not just individual letters -- play a creative role in your composition." This is just a picture of a stack of kayaks, how are the words playing a creative role?

A Wish
by vaguilo

Comment:
An interesting choice of objects, evokes different areas of life (home, work, nature, industry) I would crop it a little lower so we see a soild grey background, rather than the pools of light along the top edge. Nice sharpness and color.

Talking Hands
by jcordina

Comment:
I had a simalar idea (but fewer hands available) and I'm glad to see someone thought of this. Your DOF is off, though, you need to bring the image completely into focus, and you might have done better to spread out the signs, it looks very busy right now, and hard to read. It's also kind of confusing since some hands are aiming in totally different directions.

Sale
by banmorn

Comment:
If you did this setup yourself, I think it's a 10. If you saw it and took a picture, it's an 8. Since I don't know, you get a 9 :) Nice use of light and shadow. Very thought provoking image, it makes you want to look at it for a while to get all the nuances.

Phrases ot the world
by mykoleary

Comment:
Need to find more uniform lighting. Not sure this meets the challenge, since you just took a picture of someone else's art.

Different bodies
by Prime_Time

Comment:
I can't read the text, which kind of defeats the purpose of the challenge. Try focusing more on the text and maybe less compression, your panoramic crop may have hurt your quality.

WARNING WORDS
by JACKIE BIRD

Comment:
Ok, but how is this *your* art? Work on capturing interest using your camera, not just taking pictures of things. I could go to wherever this is and see the exact same sign, so why do I need your picture of it? Use creativity and composition, and I'm sure you'll score higher next time.

You Should Be Here
by cinamnshortcake

Comment:
A nice idea, but your lighting is too low, and the camera was unable to capture the detail and sharpness necessary for the image. Try more ambient light with the same exposure length, or lengthen the exposure some but shade the visible ligt sources so you don't get spots of bright white. I might suggest cropping the nightstand out as well, it's a little out of place.

to tell a story as another has related it
by nordic

Comment:
Check your screen settings. This looks really terrible on my mac, but ok on my PC. Interesting rainbow effect, but not sure it meets the challenge. How are the words vital to the photo?