a man in a white shirt holding a big red balloon
by jmritz

Comment:
I LOVE this one personally, and I'll bet Dallas will, too. When my kids were young, we visited the modern art museum in Brussels, Belgium. They had a blast standing back and guessing the names of the art works. Then we would step forward to read them. When they had the title "right" (like "Three Balls on a Zigzag"), they felt soooo smart. When they were "wrong", they stood back and re-evaluated, often seeing the work in a completely new way because the artist's title had re-focused their attention. I hope this one does well with the voters, but that doesn't matter really - I do think it will score with Dallas. Voting later.

Trash Bike
by Lawton

Comment:
One I liked very much - the unusual, heavy texture works well with the subject which is nicely grungy :)

Road Warrior
by dswann

Comment:
Too bad I wasn't your only judge -- you'd have ranked way higher :) Cool pov and selective focus, nicely simple of subject and treatment. I like it.

Transitions
by Neil

Comment:
One of my favorites in the challenge and a very high score from me. Maybe not grungy enough in post processing for others but I really liked it.

Reflect
by nickyb

Comment:
This got one of my highest scores despite the fact that I couldn't quite place it in any of my interpretations of grunge. I do love it as a piece of art, though.

mum
by posthumous

Comment:
Endearing capture and I love the composition - post and cornered subjects and scratched up negative space and black and white and all. Congratulations on the ribbon.

Sweet amber
by snaffles

Comment:
I gave you the 10. What was I thinking LOL I still love it. The tones are beautiful and it has a lovely, almost abstract look that I find very appealing.

Glasses
by Finnadine

Comment:
Lots of glasses lying on books in this challenge - because of the warm colors and the way the style of the glasses works with the very old book, this is one of my favorites. Voted earlier.

Nibble
by mefnj

Comment:
Beautiful colors and clarity in this interesting abstract - the title suggests an updated Pac-Man but also makes me think of a transparent blue fish. Fun and interesting. Voted earlier.

Introspection
by jagar

Comment:
I like the literal, concrete interpretation of a word that actually refers to a mental activity -- a nice twist that I suspect may have come from a non-native English speaker. It's very clever, though, and well composed so it gets a nice score from me. Voted earlier.