chair
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
Inspired - created from the most ordinary scene.

Load
by RKT

Comment:
Very subtle - I like it.

last summer
by bspurgeon

Comment:
Reading your other in-challenge comments and your (now viewable) notes; amazing how you managed to communicate with your audience so precisely.

Awarded for the April 2011 Free Study:

But into every life a little rain must fall.
by CrazyDiamond

Comment:
Very nice work. I gave this an 8.

Great Dames
by tanguera

Comment:
About time too!!! Excellent and righteous.

LB 1
by salmiakki

Comment:
The colours sit perfectly together. Well seen and made.

Grown men playing with dolls.
by RamblinR

Comment:
What an extraordinary scene - like a film set.

watching the everglades burn
by FourPointX

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: Fabulous colours and a marvellous texture to the sky - the streaks like dancing embers. I like the blur too - it brings the image to life and helps transport us; my face almost feels hot just looking at the image. The figures are compelling and we wonder about them - are they safe, are they culpable, are they know to you? Questions left unanswered and the image is all the better for it.

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: A great scene and one that you have done justice to.

Message edited by author 2011-05-08 02:21:09.

We Could Sail Away ...
by jomari

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: This is wonderful story telling, and on top of that an image within an image - linked by the narrative of your title. Both work together - the shadow picture and the boat study and to marvellous effect too. The slight overexposure keeps in light too - imbuing the image with a sense of wonder... Go darker and monochrome and the story changes and becomes more ominous. I'm glad you made this choice.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: More story than I might have thought possible in a single picture. Masterfully constructed.

last summer
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: There's something about this image that communicates loss, like the attempt of a grieving mind trying to recapture a precious moment. Everything about the image feels tenuous and fragile - think too hard and the image will go, perhaps forever. The technical and artistic choices you've made to conjure this image are remarkable.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all

Overall: Viewing this image is like having my eyes bypassed - the memory of another being planted directly into my mind.