SIJ 02 - Drum Roll

love the gritty, noir look here

Toojk my eyes a while to make sense of this - the valvoline helped (You know what I mean!). Sorry, that's an aussie reference.

Doesn't really work for me I'm afraid. Too dark to resolve without hard work. I like the concept but need more contrast, I think.

I do like the darkness with the highlights and I do recognize Valvoline. I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to tell what it was, except that it looks as though it's something to do with engines. That Valvoline gave it away! From my perspective, it doesn't matter to me whether I know what it is or not because I like the Rorshach ink blot look of the image just as it is - dark, oily and full metal...I could imagine myself looking into the bowels of an engine room!

the play of light and shadows is nice

Like the shafts of light coming through Sam.

This one doesn't work for me, it's a little too abstract. I struggle with abstract.

I have another version of this I might post sometime but I am sorry Briar it is even more abstract than this one .