Too Central !
by Stagolee

Comment:
Didn't need the title. The image works just fine.

Thinker
by LevT

Comment:
This is wonderful.

in the square room
by arngrimur

Comment:


Awarded for the December 2010 Free Study.

High Diagonal
by androgeus

Comment:
This is very nicely made.

A Hazy Shade of Winter
by vawendy

Comment:
I love the restraint you have shown with your edit and your inclusion of the negative space above the sun. An 8 from me.

Spooked City Moans
by jdannels

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: The mast, the tree, the spire - all grounded but aspiring for the sky. Above, the bird, free and ungrounded, makes a wonderful connection between the domains of earth and sky.

The clouds are also fundamental to the image - the dark band appearing as a barrier and, as if in abeyance, the upper part of the tree bends, seemingly unable to breach this ceiling so constructed.

Critical stuff: Nothing really.

Overall: I might have read a little too much into the image but it certainly serves to tell a fine story. Lovely work and certainly one that I underestimated on earlier passes.

A Moment in Time
by Alicia

Comment:
Guessing keenon. Lovely picture; Not sure it is strictly contre-jour but it matters not a jot to me.

Morgan-le-Faye
by marian

Comment:
This will be marian.

Very nice portrait with an unusual but effective crop.

the lighthouse
by tate

Comment:
Glad to see this take the blue. Excellent image with a nice back story.

Santa Claus
by dborto

Comment:
OK - I'm going out on a limb here and letting you know that I initially scored this a '1'. Only fair to let you know why.

First of all I should say that I use the full scale and that I am but one voter with my own expectations and 'luggage'.

I should say that I have a (fairly extreme) prejudice for images of ornaments - particularly figurines, so this was always going to be a hard sell to me.

As you may know, this is my second go at trying to offer a comment on this image. my first comment was over harsh and deserved to be consigned to the bin, so here goes again:

Although I don't have much love for the figurine, the bokeh is particularly well done - it creates a degree of ambiguity in terms of the scale of the figurine. That in itself is worth a bump up the scoring ladder.