realm of the vengeful woodsprite
by skewsme

Comment:
Just lovely! Great tone and degree of blur. This really captures the "feel" of being in the woods, which in my experience is hard to do. I'll be interested to find out what camera settings etc you used.

Herring Nightmare
by PetRock

Comment:
I like this and keep coming back to it, so it does draw me in in some way. But I also keep finding that I like it more in the thumbnail than the full image where it seems too contrived, in the sense of being set up and with all the blur/distortion created by obvious camera movement rather than being an image that captures a moment or movement spontaneously, which IMO is a Ben hallmark.

Natural beauty
by Neat

Comment:
Natural beauty, the best sort of beauty IMO!

snail
by Eagle40Fox2

Comment:
Quirky and lovely. I like it more each time I look at it.!

Betty's Oceanview Diner, Berkeley, Ca
by BrennanOB

Comment:
That's a fun looking place. Congratulations on the blue ribbon, and thanks for providing the processing details.

..Surf....Shell....Sailboat
by senor_kasper

Comment:
An interesting composition. Lovely exposure, overall softness, and light on the damp sand. The type of shell and its position feels slightly contrived, and for me that is the antithesis of most of Ben's images. But overall a pleasing image.

A long cello lesson
by the99

Comment:
Ha! Funny thing, I am voting on this challenge when I should be preparing for my upcoming cello lesson! I find this interesting. I like the light coming in from the side, and the head turned away. Those plus the sheet music on the stand provide a left to right flow across the image. But the position of the cello seems really unnatural. I don't recall seeing many ?any players holding their cello like this, even during periods when they are not playing, and it's difficult not to let that affect my reaction to the image. Overall, it's an evocative picture. I like the soft feel and the slight graininess.

Politics
by herfotoman

Comment:
Intriguing patterns!

Creeping Tides
by Gengi

Comment:
Very reminiscent of some of Ben's images.

untitled
by 4trtone

Comment:
I wonder how this would have looked if you had added some grain?