Sea of tranquillity
by geewhy

Comment:
Congratulations on the blue for a wonderful image

Coal made once the world go 'round
by Harz_Joerg

Comment:
Congratulations (from California) on another win and another strong image. Glad the computer woes got settled.

Temptation
by stickylizard

Comment:
Congratulations on the third place - as I commented in the voting, nice image.

Hoar Frost and Holly
by dsidwell

Comment:
Congratulations on another beautiful image and another blue.

Its Time for Peace
by tyt2000

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club:
This is a clever response and a fitting one for the challenge. My initial response was that it looked more like a shadow picture of a rabbit than a peace sign but that's unimportant, really. The watch face is too dark to really see the hands and the watch overall is out of focus or soft enough enough to be distracting. There are many good suggestions below for re-shooting this so that the watch appears to go around the wrist. Your concept was original and your underlying motive to be praised, the image is an interesting one.

Snow + Skis = Fun!
by dirtkahuna

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club:
First off, this certainly meets the challenge, snow and skiing go together naturally. Overall the impression I get from the image, however, is a bit flat and dull. I believe that much of this is due to the falling snow and therefore poor light. The yellow of the ski suit seems to sort of bleed out into snow color which is unfortunate even if it is not very noticeable, The tongue stuck out is a great touch. It would have been great to really get the feeling of motion here, or the exhaustion of a hard finish. As it is It seems a bit manufactured which may be very unfair to the image or its potential. Cropping out the tree line might be a way to give the image a stronger impact, and then intensifying the yellow so that the emotional impact of the race is more available.

music-2
by oksamit

Comment:
I do think I like the composition here, perhaps a crop on the right to come closer to the music page and lose the dark shadow. The finish on the violin is much richer here, so perhaps the issue is to get a softer more diffused light on the whole and go for bringing out that wood color. Thinking about where to place your light source to eliminate the harshness will be helpful. I don't have any good way to light images as yet so it becomes trial and error - at least I am not ruining film!! Overall the simplicity of your first image is nice and the composition and saturation of this one, with the better point of view is nice. Are you going to do it over? If so I would love to see how it comes out.

The right note
by rhipster

Comment:
certainly meets the challenge exactly, well lit, original

chilly dog
by Seanachai

Comment:
funny and revealing commentary

Folded
by khkai

Comment:
meets challenge quite exactly, but doesn't have a whole lot of impact