Goodbye Blue Sky
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Ha ha ha. Ha ha ha again. Laughs himself to the point of not being able to drink any more of his St Emilion. Someone - and a fine judge at that - mistook your work for mine.

Interesting how the appearance of a line can so finely depend on your perspective - there's arguably a lesson for all those who'd like to change your point of view there.

"On Air"
by phototure

Comment:
There's a suggestion of the work of Boltanski about this - the light bulb, and the trailing cable. I kind of like the weird focus, it lends some mystery to the image, and the odd composition makes for more strangeness. It also suggests a hospital to me - I was thinking of oxygen tanks, 'on air' as in survival ...

Another Brick in the Wall ...
by soumya_sd

Comment:
The hyper-shallow depth of field produces an intriguing effect - a slight disorientation. But the image lacks interest for me - I'm not finding the textures nor patterns interesting, and what is there beyond that, actually?

Shine On You Crazy Diamond
by Twig

Comment:
Lacks real detail and quality - either resolution, processing or cropping has lead to a blocky feel to this image. The composition is kind of effective - not as effective as it might be because of the green background image right, and your control of the reflections etc. in the stone is poor - to give a real sense of ping from a jewel requires careful lighting indeed.

Empty Spaces
by shamer

Comment:
The slight vignetting is effective - but perhaps not effective enough? I find I'm drawn to the areas outside the concrete - where the trees are, and I'm finding nothing to hold my eye amongst those pillars and slabs of concrete. Perhaps that is your point, but it has lead to a difficult viewing experience. The idea of making nothing your subject is difficult to carry off.

Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
by LanceW

Comment:
With the obvious implication of a postcard, of course. It would make a successful card, I think. A well taken shot, but it lacks a real sense of punch for me personally - it's just a competent cityscape.

Waiting for the Worms
by charliev

Comment:
A nice approach, and almost a nice shot; if you'd been a bit either luckier or more careful with the arrangement of the silhouetted trees, and if the background weren't so half-light, perhaps this would do well. It has an impression of lack of sharpness to the bird silhouette. Working with odd shapes, like this - I mean the surroundings rather than the bird, requires a careful eye and some real consideration of composition, which you haven't achieved here I'm afraid. In the end, it just looks messy.

The Street Vendor
by Cutter

Comment:
I'm pleased you're on the front page again Beau - your stuff's usually worth keeping an eye on. But selective de-sat ... just can't bring myself to even pretend to say I like it :-) Sure, it needs it - he'd have vanished into his background too much without that trick to give it effect - so points for visual understanding - but ... well, if it needed that, it isn't that great a shot, is it?

Tempting
by sigrun_th

Comment:
I don't really think your title works with the image - in either the straightforward sense of 'nice looking' of mythico-biblical one of The Fall. That said, I quite like the image - its absence of the sentimental careful lighting tricks makes it seem the more real for it.

The Lonely Shelter
by Giorgio

Comment:
Processing here is just too bizarre for words - almost like the shot is inverted, you've pulled the shadows out so much.