Lens Affair
by Breeee123

Comment:
Very well made indeed.

Friends Forever
by Ammie

Comment:
Brilliant and bold - that low contrast on the left should be ugly but is utterly masterful.

Brain Damage
by gyaban

Comment:
Great idea but if I'm honest this doesn't look as polished as your stuff. Having said that, this still goes above and beyond in terms of dedication.

Youth
by SEG

Comment:
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I love the colours and the processing here but the clipped pedal bothered me too much to overlook. Back to bump. I was too mean.

Costa Rican Beauty
by FocusPoint

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I think being all-Librodo'd-out has meant an image like that gets a tough gig in this Free Study. Couple that with the over-softened skin and I begin to struggle to give this a higher score. De-soften the mouth and the tip of the nose, add more contrast and cool the colour temperature and I think you'd have something with a great deal more drama. Clearly, this is competent portrait work but for me I think the edit is a bit too in-your-face.

happiness
by prashant_168

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I like the idea behind this but the overall balance of the composition seems a bit off and the cropped hand and hair seem unnecessary. Also, I found the lighting is very flat. Investing in something like Viveza 2 would give you a bunch options to add a bit more depth to this.

Lake
by cooly

Comment:
Great landscape image but a hopeless entry at this size.

Just Clouds Being Dramatic
by seethroughmylens

Comment:
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I imagine I'll be off the curve here and my score of 5 will be lower than your average. I suppose that's an admission that it is perhaps worth more. As a small niggle, the horizon isn't horizontal - that always bothers me a little; but more than that, this sort of sunset scene always leaves me a bit cold. You're right that twisty looking cloud is interesting and your processing serves it well but I'm someone who likes to see a bit more story in images. That isn't to say I don't score landscapes highly; often I do but they tend to be stunningly done with a very strong sense of depth - the flatness of the sea and the distant horizon doesn't give you much of a chance to show perspective.

Dawn of a New Day
by DCNUTTER

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A well executed image that offers up a slice of agricultural reality. However, for me, the good execution and the honestry of the scene don't add up to something that holds my interest. The shot seems to be taken rather than chosen. Does that make sense?

Livin' in the Limelight...
by NikonJeb

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This is a nice flower image - I really like how well you've filled the frame but there are a few things that bothered me about it. I really like the round bokeh but that wide open lens has caused some chromatic aberration that was probably correctable, even if just through desaturation of cyan.

I do enjoy the focus on the stem but that prominent blurred petal that is enface probably hurts the image a little - I think a quick pluck of that wouldn't have gone amiss.

Overall, a nice idea but for me, executed with a couple of niggles.