Unexpressed Thoughts
by pixelpig

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: Scores highly on the 'what-the-heck-is-it?' index - mystery is always good in my book. It's a motherboard or perhaps a graphics card I think... I like how you've conjured up a sense of high frequency vibration like some machine at the moment it shifts in space time.

Critical stuff: It's a bold effort but I feel perhaps still bland... Picture of objects come across as lazy and although your treatment of the image is highly interesting the overall product is less so.

Overall: I commend your process but find the product to be a little lacking.

The Beauty Routine
by pmichaud

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: A slice of everyday (special?) day magic. You've shot with the eye of a film maker here - story over control. Although the tones are quite flat - this just adds to the sense of ordinary you have crafted.

Critical stuff: It's unfair of me but I do hanker for a bit more sharpness. I'm almost ashamed to admit it.

Overall: Masterfully understated.

muck
by timfythetoo

Comment:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: There's something of the world in this one - you've pulled me outside. The clarity of the rain works well against the slightly dark scene and the figure's face, in shadow as it is, maintains a sense of mystery.

Critical stuff: The foreground grass, probably bolster by the rain looks a little crunchy.

Overall: From story to immersion. Excellent.

Jack and the Beanstalk
by Samantha_T

Comment:
The days of the foregone Gyaban Blues in Expert challenges seem to be a thing of the past. I'm sure he'd be the first to welcome such wonderful competition.

Message edited by author 2012-08-31 03:45:32.

Melbourne Get Together August 2012
by hotpasta

Comment:
Great stuff! Lovely to see this.

Blinded
by jagar

Comment:
This is truly magnificent. And hilarious.

The Classics
by Techo

Comment:
Gorgeous image.

Travelers
by mqnaufal

Comment:
Wonderfully balanced in so many ways.

Bumping from 9 to 10.

Beware of the Joker
by MargaretNet

Comment:
I really like this - the muted colours are wonderful. Superbly composed too.

Bumping from a 9 to a 10.

The Gossip Stop
by jagar

Comment:
Must be John's - the mix of clarity and glow in a cobbled street setting seems indicative to me.