Coastal Lodgings
by jimness

Comment:
Love the chaos of this; sculpture to tempt the sea.

Into the sea I fall
by Tez

Comment:
You know what, I actively dislike (perhaps not strong enough a word) the processing here. The more so, I think, because its actually quite a strong image, with a great sense of composition and timing, and confidence in breaking the 'rules'. The ruin of a fine photo.

thinktank
by DistantColours

Comment:
I like the processing here. Has strength and control. Probably lacks for narrative elements, or human elements, or surprise.

T O D A Y
by manic35

Comment:
Oh gosh, this is so glutinous, I'm struggling a little. Mind you, I wonder whether the fact that the very orthodox dress of the bride clashes so neatly with the fact that the husband (I presume) is in shorts is enough to undermine that sentimentality and make something worthwhile of the image. Maybe I'm so out of touch that I shouldn't find a bloke getting married in shorts bizarre.

Dessert
by dtremain

Comment:
The near absolute lack of any depth information at all here is phenomenal; clearly, that is because the front-fill flash has overpowered any other light in the scene, but the result is extraordinary - it becomes very difficult to distinguish shape and angle of the components. This becomes special as a kind of meta-photo - after all, what we achieve is only tricks in a two dimensional presentation: the removal of those tricks leads to a strange disturbance of expectation.

Stairs
by tvsometime

Comment:
More arresting than most - and, on a meta-reactive level, leaves me slightly puzzled as to what I think; although at least it asks me to think at all, which is a pleasant change.

Self-portraits
by ubique

Comment:
This is groovy; I kind of like the refusal to deal with anything approaching the bright lights here. Much of this challenge features the bleedin' obvious, and this has far greater depth and sincerity.

Vegi puzzle
by scotthadl

Comment:
Gloriously, wonderfully foul-looking. It speaks to me of rolls of fat, and the colour tones are excellently mephitic. Especially that fade to grey in the lower right corner.

No Further
by prperold

Comment:
I can't decide whether those gorgeous rich tones and spot-on processing make a fitting contrast to the sinister subject-matter, or whether they feel like a sop to the chocolate-box loving voters 'round here.

The only human beeing who lived in harmony
by Mephisto

Comment:
Hmmm. Strangely unbalanced; I'm unconvinced, really. I mean, hell, it's more interesting than the vast majority, but I sense I'm dealing with a stronger eye and vision that deserves a tougher assessment. Somehow, not quite strange enough? Though one has to love the nearest figure, of course.