Peinture de paysage
by bubeltrubel

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: Really lovely shot with very brave bold toning - I like that. The clarity of the top of the tree works really well when placed against the misty backdrop. The painter below the canopy transform the image from a fairly vanilla landscape into something almost cinematic. I want to know what those structures are on the other side of the tree.... to leave this ambiguous ads to the image. I'd have cloned them out - you were right to keep then in.

Critical stuff: The bush to the right - I use my hand to crop the image just to the left and the whole image seems more polished to me.

Overall: Very nicely made.

journey
by LevT

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 is something about this simple scene that just stops me in my tracks - it is so beautifully captured, so honest, so lacking in fuss, so everyday, so slice-of-life. There is beauty in that simplicity - I overwork my images to near death so I feel I have learnt something just by looking at this. It is really transportive too - I feel like I am there.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: Lovely, subtle, even masterful shot.

Breathe
by njsabs

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: Jennifer, this is a lovely image - I've seen it before - 1x? The serenity of the subject (your daughter) and the title lead the viewer to really believe her lungs are full of liquid. The complete neutrality of the picture lets us overlay our own scenarios - from mermaid to casualty. Of course the composition, the tones, the light are all super. Where were you when shooting this?

Critical stuff: Nothing

Overall: Really interesting and well made work.

Four Catastrophes
by pointandshoot

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 liked this before I spotted the cat and then it really came alive! Also, once I do see the cat and have that anchor for my eye and brain I begin to wonder how you shot and achieved this... I have no answers though - is it simply reflections of trees in the glass that you've given a bit of a treatment to>

Critical stuff: Nothing

Overall: Highly intriguing and well crafted image.

Days like this
by whiteroom

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 of considerable power not least because the of the wrap-around continuation of form. The contrast in the headwear is stark and the flecks of precipitation makes us wonder about the weather and then the contrast between the figures becomes even more prominent..

Critical stuff: Not much at all - I'd like a tad more contrast but I suspect you then lose the rear figure's face into the shadows of her hood.

Overall: A well made image.

Two Churches
by bvy

Comment:
"You mean these??"

So makes me wonder what he just said to her.

Crab Claw
by aznym

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: Beautiful and brave. The juxtaposition of the red crab claw against the very black volcanic sand is very effective. I love the texture of the sand to and how, where it reflects, black is actually white if we care to look hard enough. Your composition of the frame is exquisite.

Critical stuff: Nothing

Overall: Very high quality work.

The Scream
by leonedavis

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: What an arresting image - certainly not something you see everyday. The preciseness of your presentation of the skull, upon a table of rock, is very much in keeping with the positioned skulls of still-life tradition; but here with the natural backdrop and the uncompromising anatomy of the skull make our consideration of life and death all the more pronounced.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all

Overall: I wouldn't have it on my wall but I certainly can appreciate what you've made here.

South Philly Fashion
by Tommy_Mac

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 know I've seen this image before and I liked it then too. Once again I'm bound to comment on the girl behind (the star of the image) and how she is looking on in disbelief - and then we notice her shoes and we wonder who she is kidding with her knuckle duster heels!

Critical stuff: I think it would be more powerful with a bit more contrast.

Overall: Excellent street shot.

The Runaways
by aprudhomme

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: A hugely engaging photo - such potential for story building here and the technicals are superb. Great coloration, subtle tone mapping, light, exposure, focus etc... all spot on. The touching of the glass transforms the image, through that potential for self-harm, the subject seems vulnerable. Also, his age is difficult to place precisely, perhaps its because we don't get to see his whole face.

Critical stuff: Nothing

Overall: Really excellent work.