kyphotic Reflections
by jagar

Comment:
Even the pattern on his sweater shows right angles! Beautifully constructed image - were you super lucky or is there an up street sign saying ' Kyphotic gentlemen with crisscross style patterned sweaters this way please'?

(and then the stone work, the fence reflected from across the road and the paving slabs to boot...)

Amazing image - would've gotten a 10 from me had I been able to vote.

Message edited by author 2011-11-14 03:22:48.

Ligeia
by tanguera

Comment:
Yay! You got the 7!

Alone
by gyaban

Comment:
This deserves the Blue - I'm holding a very high score myself; but this is a better image.

Marginalized
by Marfun

Comment:


Awarded for the October 2011 Free Study.

witness of the pass
by lobrin

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: Simply stunning - candid portraits simply don't get better than this. Pristine focus and wonderful isolation of subject. I really like your toning too. His expression is priceless, but your capture is better.

Critical stuff: Just that fleck on his jacket lapel... I can see why you might want to keep it authentic though.

Overall: I hope this takes the Blue. It just might too.

on the pitch
by bspurgeon

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: I love the dynamism of this image and how your high contrast handing turns their movements into brush strokes. This great abstraction - reducing the form and movement to its primary elements but in a way the distils rather than obscures the scene.

Critical stuff: Nope

Overall: Very well executed with a great end result.

Marginalized
by Marfun

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: Wonderfully measured image. You've got the luminosity of your frame just perfect - optimising the wonderful light. The soft grain too - so well judged. The hint of colour - perfect.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all

Overall: A portrait that goes beyond the capture of a face - you communicate much. Masterful and magnificent.

of gambrels and days gone by
by skewsme

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: An image that seems to want to tell a story - like a point of view shot in a thriller, looking through an old screen as we hide - or a stalker in a favoured spot... I really like the way the pattern on the screen mirrors the roofline.

Critical stuff: It won't appeal to all - but I can't think of any critique that would be useful here.

Overall: Nicely seen, nicely made, nicely communicated.

10- NOV 11. RetroVintageTexture - prospective tennants
by roz

Comment:
Interesting image - I like the resonance of the texture with the story.

P1030740w1
by LevT

Comment:
The stuff ribbons are made of.