thE bEaT GoEs oN (Portrait of a Street Musician)
by Hipychik

Comment:
the elements here just aren't working for me. the shot is evocative, but don't really think that it conveyes the idea of "personification" for me

The fork says, "mmmmm... cake"
by aliqui

Comment:
interesting idea and very well shot, not sure if the intent really comes through without the title. in the end the water droplet (drool) on the fork just ends up looking out of place because the fork doesn't have enough characteristics of a face/mouth/person/etc.

ARTHRITIC HANDS
by clangley50

Comment:
not a bad shot, but wouldn't see the personification without the title, and even with it the tree branches don't really look hand-like to me

Cold, Naked, and Patiently Waiting for Spring
by lynnmarie

Comment:
don't really get the personification here without your description

Hotel
by dimitrii

Comment:
On a second review, I'm bumping this to an 8. This very creative and emotive work. I actually think that pulling out just a bit and adding touch more light on the model from the front (just enough so that more detail comes out and so that we can see her expression without straining) might have produced a fantastic shot.

Old Peeler in a Smokey Bar
by Greetmir

Comment:
Interesting, but not technically a nude.

Simple Pleasures
by HawesPhotoKC

Comment:
Either the lighting or the post processing is coming across very harsh here. Combined with the model's expression and the other compositional elements, this doesn't evoke pleasure to me at all. So (unless you're being ironic) I think you missed your intended mark. The model's skin looks mottled, perhaps even diseased on my monitor, and the angle evokes a "skewed" or disoriented mental state.

Viva Las Vegas
by Shermy

Comment:
The pose does less to emphasize the tattoo than it does to make the model look abnormally hunched.

Male Definition
by Sunshine86

Comment:
Exposure is extremely muddy on my monitor.

Surveillance
by staab

Comment:
This is an interesting take on the challenge, and an interesting and well-composed image. I have a feeling that this is either going to score very well, or very poorly (or land squarely in the middle because people are equally scoring it sharply in either direction. In the end I've decided to give this a 5, simply because I think that in choosing this shot, which has it's own technical difficulties I'm sure, it avoids the technical challenges that generally come with shooting nudes.